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Identifier: struggleofnation00maspuoft (find matches)
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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Stele of Thutmosis H. at El-Aiiin iu the Small Oasis, and remains of buildings at El-Bauiti(AsciiEUsoN in the Zeittclirifl, l,S7i;, )>. 120); unfortuuately these fragmeuls liave been hithertounpublished. 306 THE EIGHTEENTH THE DAN DYNASTY. the neighbouring villages of Ashiru, the fief of Maut, and Apit-risit, the southernThebes, which lay at the confluence of the Nile with one of the largest of thecanals which watered the plain. The monuments in these two new quartersof the town were unworthy of the city of which they now formed part, andAmenothes III. consequently bestowed much pains on improving them. Heentirely rebuilt the sanctuary of Maut, enlarged the sacred lake, and collectedwithin one of the courts of the temple several hundred statues in black graniteof the Memphite divinity, the lioness-headed Sokhit, whom he identified withhis Theban goddess.^ The statues were crowded together so closely that theywere in actual contact with each other in places, and must have presented
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THE GREAT COURT OP THE TEMPLE OP LUXOR DURING THE INUNDATION.^ something of the appearance of a regiment drawn up in battle array. Thesucceeding Pharaohs soon came to look upon this temple as a kind of store-house, whence they might provide themselves with ready-made figures todecorate their buildings either at Thebes or in other royal cities. About ahundred of them, however, still remain, most of them without feet, arms,or head; some overturned on the ground, others considerably out of the Mariette, Karnali, Texte, i>p. 4, 1-t, 15. Eamses II. placed a certain number of thorn in tlieBmall temple of Meshtikh (Maspero, Etudes de Mythologie et dArch€ologie Egypiiennes, vol. i. p. 219).- Drawn by Boudler, from .i photograph by Beato, taken iu the autumn of 1893. TEE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMON AT KAIiNAK. 307 perpendicular, from the earth having given way beneath them, and a smallnumber only still perfect and in situ. At Luxor Amenothes demolished thesmall temple with which the sovereigns o

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