A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2 (of 2)Perrot, Georges
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A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Perrot, Georges
Art -- Egypt -- History; Egypt -- Antiquities
statues of Chephren discovered in the temple of the Sphinx, 213;
early Theban works rude and awkward, 226;
Menthouthotep, _id._;
groups from Tanis, 228;
figure discovered in the Fayoum, 233;
definition of the type of these Tanite remains, 237;
head of Taia discovered, 242;
Amenophis IV. perhaps a eunuch, 243;
expedition to Punt, illustrated at Dayr-el-Bahari, 245;
belief that Punt was in Africa, 246;
detestable style of the remains from the last years of Rameses
II., 258;
Menephtah, son of Rameses II., statue at Boulak, 260;
head of Tahraka at Boulak, 263;
opinion as to the character of the statues in Egyptian temples,
276;
origin of the Sphinx, 281;
tomb of Sabou, sculptures, 285;
models for sculptors at Boulak, their probable date, 324.
Mariette, Edouard, ii. 28, 55.
Maspero G.;
our guide to the history of Egypt, i. 8-9;
his opinion upon the Egyptian language, 13;
periods of Egyptian history, 17-18;
Ethiopian kingdom, 21;
affiliation of the king to the gods, 22;
mildness of rule in Ancient Egypt, 37;
prince Entef's stele, 38;
Egyptian devotion, 39;
_do._ 43;
the number of their devotional works of art, _id._;
character of sacred animals, such as the Apis, 66;
his theory as to the _ka_, or double, 126, 137-8, 140-6, 148-153,
155-7;
translation from Papyrus IV. at Boulak, 161;
tomb of Harmhabi, 178;
pyramid of Ounas, 194;
commentary on the second book of Herodotus, 227;
opening of pyramid of Ounas, 235;
opinion on the tombs at Abydos, 242;
the staircase of Osiris, 243;
discovery of remains belonging to royal tombs of the eleventh
dynasty at Drah abou'l-neggah, 253;
ascription of power of speech and movement to statues, 289;
proof that the gods existed in the time of the Ancient Empire,
318;
translation of the stele of Piankhi from Gebel-Barkal, 353;
Hatasu's expedition to Punt, 426;
translations of Egyptian tales, ii. 30;
symbolism of papyrus and lotus, 126;
translation of stele C. 14, in the Louvre, 176;
cause of the Iconic character of Egyptian statutes, 181;
materials for wooden statues, 197;
his translation of funerary songs, 249;
formula by which the right of erecting a statue in a temple was
granted to a private individual, 278;
on the Palestrina mosaic, 288.
Mastaba, i. 164;
in the Memphite necropolis, 165, 189;
materials of the, 168;
Mastabat-el-Faraoun, 169;
Mastabas of Sabou, 171;
Haar, _id._;
Ra-en-mar, _id._;
Hapi, 171;
general arrangements, 172.
Mastabat-el-Faraoun, i. 169, 214, 326.
Maury, Alfred, i. 286.
Maut, i. 63, 268.
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