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Title: The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: Civilization
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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hey tapped the walls,lifted and pierced the roofs, dug down into the soil below the foundations,and often brought to light, not only the treasure of the owner, but all the sur-roundings of the grave and human corruption. It wasactually the custom, among the lower and middle classes,to bury in the middle of the house children who had diedat the breast. The little body was placed inan old tool or linen box, without anyattempt at embalming, and its favour-ite playthings and amulets were buriedwith it : two or three infants are oftenfound occupying the same coffin.4 Theplaythingswere of an artless but veryvaried character ; dolls of limestone,enamelled pottery or wood, with mov-able arms and wigs of artificial hair ;pigs, crocodiles, ducks, and pigeons onwheels, pottery boats, miniature sets ofhousehold furniture, skin balls filled withhay, marbles, and stone bowls. Howeverstrange it may appear, we have to fancy theapparatus for striking a light.5 small boys of ancient Egypt as playing at
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1 Fl. Pétrie, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara, pp. 23, 24 ; and lllahun, Kahun and Gurob, pp. 6-8.An instance of twin storehouses may be seen to the right of the house of Anna on p. 315 of thisHistory. 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a head-rest in my possession obtained at Gebelên (XIthdynasty) : the foot of the head-rest is usually solid, and cut out of a single piece of wood. 3 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a sketch by Petrie, Eawara, Biahmu and Arsinoe, pi. xiii. 21.The original, of rough wood, is now in the Asbmolean Museum at Oxford. 4 Fl. Petrie, Kahun, Gurob and lllahun, p. 24. 5 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a sketch published in Fl. Petrie, Blahun, Kahun and Gurob,pi. vii. The bow is represented in the centre ; on the left, at the top, is the nut ; below it the WOMEN IN FAMILY LIFE. 319 bowls like ours, or impudently whipping their tops along the streets withoutrespect for the legs of the passers-by.1 Some care was employed upon the decoration of the chambers. Therough-casting of mud

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