In the Northern and Southern Egyptian Galleries among the finest examples of large statues may be mentioned the three grey granite =statues of Usertsen III=, B.C. 2330, each of which represents the king at a different period of his life (Nos. 158, 159, 160; see =Plate XXV=); the dark granite =head of Ȧmen-em-ḥāt III=, of the XIIth dynasty (No. 774; see =Plate XXVI=); the red granite statue of =Sekhem-uatch-taui-Rā=, a king of the XIIIth dynasty (No. 276, =Plate XXVII=); the =head of Thothmes III=, B.C. 1550 (No. 360; =Plate XXXI=); the heads of =Ȧmen-ḥetep III=, B.C. 1450 (Nos. 416, 417); the white limestone statues of an official and his wife, of very fine work (No. 565); and the granite statue of Isis holding a figure of Osiris between her wings (No. 964). The statues and portrait figures of the latter part of the XVIIIth, XIXth and XXth dynasties lack the fidelity to nature of those of the Ancient and Middle Empires, and it is clear that about B.C. 1200 both statues and figures were kept in stock by funerary masons, who merely added the names of deceased persons to them after they were sold. Under the Saïte kings of the XXVIth dynasty a =Renaissance= took place, and for a short time painters, sculptors, and scribes modelled their works on examples drawn chiefly from the monuments of the Ancient Empire. CHAPTER VI. THE KING AND HIS CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE AND SUBJECTS. MILITARY SERVICE. The =King= of Egypt was absolute master of the country, which had been given to him by the gods, and of every man, woman, and child, and of everything in it from one end to the other. He was the son of Ḥeru-ur, _i.e._, Horus the Great, the oldest of all the gods of Egypt, whose attributes were, at a later period, usurped by Rā, the Sun-god, and was declared to be of the very substance and essence of the god. He was believed to be a god, and was worshipped as a god, and his statues and figures were placed among the statues of the gods, and with them received the adoration of men. His word on any subject was final, his authority limitless, in his person he united the intelligence and strength of all beings in heaven and on earth; men lived by his grace only, and at a word from him they were slain. In short, the Egyptians were serfs and bondmen of the king, the counterpart, image and symbol of the god of heaven. He possessed =five= great =names= or titles: 1. A =Horus name=, as the descendant of Horus. 2. A =Nebti name=, as representative of Nekhebit and Uatchit, the great goddesses of the South and North. 3. A =Horus of gold name=. The blood of the sun-god was supposed to be made of gold, and as the divine blood ran in the king’s veins, a “name of gold” was given to him. 4. A =Suten Bȧt name=, as king of the South (_Suten_) and King of the North (_Bȧt_). 5. A =Son of Rā name=, or personal name of the king. Thus, the five names of Usertsen III were: Horus name, NETER KHEPERU. This was placed in a _serekh_ thus:—