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The rock tombs of El Amarna (1903)

Davies, Norman de Garis, 1865-1941, Ricci, Seymour de, 1881-1942 · London ; Boston, Mass. : Sold at the Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund · leaf 23

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lcto leave the pagan scvilptnrcs close by it innaked assertiveness. Yet tlie earliest wor-shippers seem to have thought it enough todaub the sacred cross and an Alpha and Omegain red paint over the figuie of the Queen. Alater generation, however, was more particular,and, having covered the whole… … coating of plaster from very similar designs.All the walls on this side of the hall have beencovered in like manner with a thin wash ofplaster, which on the W. Avail has adhered witlideplorable tenacity. Above the cornice thereseems to have been a bird with outsjoreadwings, not, perhaps, without…

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