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 295
tMemphite school. Theysucceeded so well that their work has been mistakenfor some of the finest productions of the Fourth andFifth Dynasties. The other fashion, without departingtoo obviously from tradition, elected to study fromlife, and approached more closely to nature than hadever been done… … Fig. 223.—Head of a scribe,Saite work. SAITE SCULPTURE. 269 successors of Alexander weresculptors in the guise of Egyp-tians, and they were transformedinto Pharaohs, as had happenedin turns to the Hyksos and thePersians. The sculptures thatcan be assigned to the time ofthe early Ptolemies can…
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