CHAPTER VIII

LIFE, ARTS, AND CRAFTS IN THE LAND OF THE NILE 213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE 1. Portrait Statue of Thothmes III, Cairo Museum _Frontispiece_

PAGE 2. Wall of Chamber, Tomb of Sety I, Valley of the Kings 10

3. Detail of Decoration, Tomb of Sety I 18

4. Temple of Ramses III, Medinet Habu 30

5. Temple of Edfu--The Pylon, and View from the Pylon 40

6. Great Pyramid and Sphinx 52

7. Gold Pectorals of Senusert II and III, XIIth Dynasty 72

8. Diadems of Princess Khnumit, Gold work, XIIth Dynasty 80

9. Hatshepsut’s Temple, Der el-Bahri. General view 88

10. North Colonnade, Der el-Bahri; “Proto-Doric” Columns 92

11. Reliefs, Der el-Bahri 96

12. Karnak, Avenue of Sphinxes 104

13. Karnak, Nave of Hypostyle Hall 112

14. Karnak, Columns of the Side-Aisle, Hypostyle Hall 116

15. Karnak, View from the North; Obelisks of Hatshepsut, and Thothmes I 120

16. Luxor, Forecourt of Amenhotep III 124

17. Luxor, Papyrus-Bud Columns and Colossi of Ramses II 128

18. Colonnade in Temple of Sety I, Abydos 136

19. Bracelets of 1st Dynasty Queen, Chain and Gold Seal, VIth Dynasty, with XIIth Dynasty Goldsmith’s Work 144

20. Entrance to the Valley of the Kings, Thebes 148

21. Tomb of Ramses IX, Valley of the Kings 152

22. Granite Head of Tutankhamen, Cairo Museum 178

23. Decoration from a Theban Tomb 184

24. Decoration from a Theban Tomb: Sowing, Reaping, the Vintage 192

25. Head of the Hathor-Cow, Der el-Bahri 200

26. Colossus of Ramses II, Luxor 208

27. Portrait-Statue of Mentuemhat, Cairo Museum 216

28. Vth Dynasty Relief-Work, Tomb of Ptah-Hetep 224

29. XIXth Dynasty Relief-Work, Temple of Sety I, Abydos 228

30. XIXth Dynasty Relief-Work, Temple of Ramses II, Luxor 232

31. XXth Dynasty Relief-Work, Temple of Ramses III, Medinet Habu 236

32. Ptolemaic Relief-Work, Kom Ombos 240

A CENTURY OF EXCAVATION IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS