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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 375

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n chaptercxxv. of the Book of the Dead, which contains an epitomeof Egyptian morality.-^ But those incorruptible judges were notguided solely by the testimony of the ba in its own favour.They weighed its actions in a pair of scales and gave judgmentaccording to their weight.^ The impious soul was… … Fig. 183.—Hunting scene upon a tomb at Gournah. (ChampoUion, pi. 171.) it was admitted to contemplate the supreme verities. Duringits transit across the infernal regions, hideous forms of evil sprangup before it and did their best to arrest its progress by terrifying relations and friends had to…

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