Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 89
of nature and to turn themto his certain profit. It is easy then to understand that Egyptsaw the birth of the most ancient of those civilizations whoseplastic arts we propose to study. Another favourable condition is to be found in the isolation ofthe country. The tribes who settled there in… … Fig. 5.—The Bastinado:; Beni-Hassan. (ChampoIUon, pi. 390.) would perhaps be well to give some idea of the natural featuresof their country before commencing our study of their art. Theterms. Lower-, Middle-, and Upper-Egypt, the Delta, andEthiopia will continually recur in these pages, as also…
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