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The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria (1896) (14774950881)
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Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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rnak, in the temple of Khonsu(CiiAMroLLiON, Monuments de VKgypte et de la Nubie, vol. ii. p. 227; Lepsius, Denhm., iii. 246 a). CH.VMPOLLION, Monumeiits de VEgypte, etc., vol. ii. p. 52, where her sacred bark is represented,and Seti I. in adoration before her. Her statue in the Turin Museum represents her as having black skin (Champoi.lion,Lettres a M. U due de Blacas, i. pp. 21, 22). She is also painted black standing before Amenothes(who is white) in the Deir el-Medineh tomb, now preserved in the Berlin Museum (Lepsius,Denhm., iii. 1; ctE,Kii.\s, Ausfilhrliches Verzeicltuiss der JEgyptischen AUerthilmer, 1894, pp. 149, 150,Nos. 2060, 2061), in that of Nibnuttru (Champollion, Monuments, etc., vol. i. p. 525, and pi. clxx. 1), THE APOTHEOSIS OF NOFEITARI. 99 were given for maintaining worship at her tomb, and were administered by aspecial class of priests.^ Her mnmmy reposed among those of the princes of herfamily, in the hiding-place at Deir-el-Bahari: it was enclosed in an enormoiis
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THE TWO COFFINS OF AHUOTPU II. AND NOFRITASI STANDING IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE OLD BULAK MUSEUM.- woodeu sarcophagus covered with linen and stucco, the lower part being shapedto the body, while the upper part representing the head and arms could be liftedoff in one piece. The shoulders are covered with a networic in relief, the meshes ami in that of Unnofir, at Sheikh Abd cl-(Juiiiah (Id., ibid., p. 524). Her face is painted blue inthe tomb of Kasa (Wikdemann, Tombs of the XIX Dyn. at Dcr el-iledineh, iu the Proceedings of theBibl. Arch. Soc., 188G, vol. viii. p. 22G). The representations of this queen with a black skin havecau8e<l her to be taken for a negress, the daughter of an Ethiopian Pliaraoh (IIosellini, MonumentiStoric.i, vol. iii. 1, p. 02 ; Auundale-Bonomi-Birch, Gallenj of Antiquities, ii. p. 71; Brcgscii, Ilist.dAgijijte, pp. 83, 80; LErsus, Briefe aus Jlir/ypten, p. 2GS; Wiedejiann, jEijyptische Geiehichte, p. ;!(l!)),or at any rate the daughter of a chief of some Nuli
Ancient Egypt, civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium BCE. Its many achievements, preserved in its art and monuments, hold a fascination that continues to grow as archaeological finds expose its secrets. This article focuses on Egypt from its prehistory through its unification under Menes (Narmer) in the 3rd millennium BCE—sometimes used as a reference point for Egypt’s origin—and up to the Islamic conquest in the 7th century CE.
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