Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 238
es of men regularly drawn up had to be expressed, the vertical rows overlapped oneanother to an extent thatvaried according to thefancy of the artist. At thebattle of Kadesh the filesof the Egyptian phalanxovertop one another ashigh as the waist (fig. i86),while scarcely more thanthe head of the… … Fig. 187.—Hittite battalion,Ramesseum. 212 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. landscapes, trees, and water are even more strangelytreated. A canal is represented by a narrow rectangleplaced upright on its side with wavy lines drawnacross it. To leave no doubt in the mind of thespectator that it is intended to…
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