Egyptian ArtFirst published in 2005. Gaston Maspero, the leading expert on Egyptian art, writes here with authority and style on a very significant aspect of ancient Egypt. By compiling and publishing this volume, he sought to familiarise the general public with some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art, and to enhance their appreciation of these treasures. Many of the pieces described herein were examined by the author in museums around the world. Others he caught as they emerged from the ground, moments after their discovery. |
Contents
A Scribes Head Of the IVth or Vth Dynasty | |
Skhemka His Wife and Son A Group Found at Memphis | |
The Crouching Scribe Vth Dynasty | |
The New Scribe of the Gizeh Museum | |
The Kneeling Scribe Vth Dynasty | |
Pehournowri Statuette in Painted Limestone Found at Memphis | |
The Colossus of Ramses II at Bedrecheîn | |
Egyptian Jewellery in the Louvre | |
The Treasure of Zagazig | |
Three Statuettes in Wood | |
A Fragment of a Theban Statuette | |
The Lady Touî of the Louvre and Egyptian Industrial Sculpture in Wood | |
Some Perfume Ladles of the XVIIIth Dynasty | |
Some Green Basalt Statuettes of the Saite Period | |
The Dwarf Khnoumhotpou Vth or Vith Dynasty | |
The Favissa of Karnak and the Theban School of Sculpture | |
The Cow of DeirElBaharî | |
The Statuette of Amenôphis IV | |
Four Canopic Heads Found in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes | |
A Head of the Pharaoh Harmhabi | |
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Alabaster Amenôphis Amenôthes Amon ancient archæologists artist bas-reliefs belonged Bissing body Boulaq Boulaq Museum bracelets bronze Bubastis bust Cairo Museum Canopic Canopic jars cartouche cats century b.c. Chephrên chest chisel colour costume COW HATHOR Crouching Scribe dead decorated Egypt Egyptian art Egyptologists engraved execution eyes face favissa fellahs figures forehead fragments front funerary Gizeh goddess GOLD VASES hand Hathor hawk head-dress inscriptions jewels Karnak Khnoumhotpou KING KHOUNIATONOU lady Touî legs limestone lotus Louvre Mariette master Memphian Memphis Montouhotpou monuments mummies Musée Mycerinus neck necklace nose painted PERFUME LADLE person Pharaoh Phtah physiognomy pieces placed portrait possess preserved priests Psammetichus ram’s head Ramses Ramses II Rânofir reproduced Rougé round royal Saïte Period Sanouosrît Saqqarah schist sculptor seated Serapeum Setouî shoulders side silver sistrum Skhemka standing statues statuette stone studio temple Theban Theban school Thebes thin Thoutmôsis Tîyi tomb uræus wife XVIIIth Zagazig