. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . from theBodleian (6) ; notably Gicy Fawkes Lantern, given to the University in 1641 Aldens Oxford Guide. by Robert Heywood, son of the Justice by whom the conspirator was Egyptian Collection has been specially enriched of late years l)y the resultsof the explorations of Mr. Flinders Petrie and others into the prehistoric andearliest dynastic remains of the country. Kings of the first dynasties, tilllately regarded as mythical, are here represented by their these the colossa
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . from theBodleian (6) ; notably Gicy Fawkes Lantern, given to the University in 1641 Aldens Oxford Guide. by Robert Heywood, son of the Justice by whom the conspirator was Egyptian Collection has been specially enriched of late years l)y the resultsof the explorations of Mr. Flinders Petrie and others into the prehistoric andearliest dynastic remains of the country. Kings of the first dynasties, tilllately regarded as mythical, are here represented by their these the colossal Maces, showing King Nar-mer superintendingirrigation works, carry us back beyond the first historic dynasty to about5000 The beginnings of hieroglyphic writing may here be traced. Therelics from the Palace of the reforming Pharaoh Akhenaten (at the end of thefirst room) are also very remarkable. Other valuable relics include a uni(]uecollection of Hittite Seals ; a valuable series of objects illustrative of theMycenivan and primitive periods of Greece^ collected by the Keeper ( GUY FAWKES LANTERN. Arthur J. Evans) during repeated visits to Greece and Crete, including castsof the throne and other remarkable sculptures discovered by him in the Palaceof Knossos, Crete ; and the late Mr. Greville Chesters oriental antiquities andclassic engraved gems. The new galleries are fitted with the electric ^ The Picture Gallery is on the first floor (100 ft. by 28 ft.), and contains a very interesting and valuable collection. At the top of the staircase are some fine portraits of Oxford men byHerkomer : those of the late Dean Liddell and Sir lienry Aclandare especiallyexcellent. In the Gallery are displayed valuable etchings by Rembrandt,Vandyck, &c., with curious prints by Albert Durer, and others from the DouceCollection (Bodleian). There are also some good examples of the early Italianpainters, the early and later British schools, and the Bentinck Hawkins collec-tion o
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