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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 514

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for anintermittent period, in the quarries at Silsilis for instance, or inprovinces which had been conquered by Egypt and might belost to her again, rendered it impossible that they could be servedand guarded in the ample fashion which was easy enough inthe temples of Memphis, Abydos and Thebes.… … 0 J to so Jo -fo I I 1 I I l_ so Fig. 250.—Dayr-el-Bahari ; according to M. liiuii. The Temple under the New Empire. 421 some small figure or emblem, statues of a considerable size, fromsix to eight or ten feet high, should be employed, and that theyshould be actually chiselled in the living rock…

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