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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 377

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the materials foredooms it todestruction. All that survived the civil wars, foreigninvasion, and the rapacity of the Pharaohs andRoman governors, fell a prey to the iconoclasm ofthe Christians. A few small figures in guise ofamulets concealed in the mummies, a few statuettesonce adored as domestic… … of the time of the Eighteenth Dynasty was found ina private tomb close to the valley temple ofHatshepsut at Deir el Bahari. It is 5| inches high. The figure is nude.In one hand theboy clasps a lotusbud with its longstem. The workis not highl\finished, but themodelling is deli-cate and subtle.* This…

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