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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 94

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ta ; Eg^ptians to the left, the Khita to the right. (M-) the pschent on the head measures sixty-five feet; theyare the largest statues in Egypt, and the workmanship iscareful in finish. Over the entrance is carved in relief onthe rock a colossal figure of the god Ra, and on either sideof it are… … o e C3 C 00 was the last king of the Middle Empire. AVith the com-mencement of the Twentieth Dynasty the New Empire. 74 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. dates (about B.C. 1200—358). Towards the Twenty-second Dynasty (B.C. 966 — 776) Egypt began to pass intoa state of dissolution. In the Twenty-fourth Dynasty…

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