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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 227

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uble; twenty statues representedtwenty chances more. Hence the astonishing number of statueswhich are sometimes found in a single tomb. The images of thedead w^ere multiplied by the piety of surviving relations, and con-sequently the double was assured a duration which practicallyamounted to… … Fig. 88.—Man and his w ife in the style of the 5th dynasty. Calcareous stone. From the Louvre, from all indiscreet curiosity. Other effigies were placed in thechambers of the tomb or the courts in front of it. Finally, weknow that persons of consideration obtained from the king per-mission to erect…

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