The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . d, make themsome of the most remarkable sculptures known. Thescene in which Seti I. is shown grasping the hair of theheads of a number of people, in the act of slaying them, issymbolic. The outside of the south wall is ornamented with a largescene in which Shashanq (Shishak), the first king of theXXIInd dynasty, is represented smiting a group of kneelingprisoners; the god Amen, in the form of a woman, isstanding by presenting him with weapons of war. Herealso are 150 cartouches, surmounted with heads, in whichare written the names of the towns capture
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . d, make themsome of the most remarkable sculptures known. Thescene in which Seti I. is shown grasping the hair of theheads of a number of people, in the act of slaying them, issymbolic. The outside of the south wall is ornamented with a largescene in which Shashanq (Shishak), the first king of theXXIInd dynasty, is represented smiting a group of kneelingprisoners; the god Amen, in the form of a woman, isstanding by presenting him with weapons of war. Herealso are 150 cartouches, surmounted with heads, in whichare written the names of the towns captured by type of features given to these heads by the sculptorshows that the vanquished peoples belonged to a branch ofthe great Semitic family. The hieroglyphics in one of thecartouches were supposed to read the king of Judah,and to represent Jeroboam, who was vanquished by Shishak;it has now been proved conclusively that they form thename of a place called luta-melek. Passing along lo the Plan of Karnak—7. Tfi^ll = <.»nl£. Karnak under the Ptolemies, From Mariette, Karnak VII. A. Walls standintj before the time of Thotlunei B. Pylons liiiill by Thotlnnes I. C. Walls ami obelisks of Ilatsliepset. D. Walls, i)ylon. of Thothmes III. E. Gateway of Thotlnnes IV. F. Iyloii of Anienophis Pylon of Raineses I. H. Walls and columns of Set! I. I. Colunms, walls, and statues of Ramoses II. II. J. Temple of St K. Temple of Rameses III. L. Gateway of Ranicscs IX. M. Pillars and walls of the XXIIiid ilynasty. N. Pillars of Tirhakah. O. Corridor of Philip III. of Macedon. P, Cliambcr and shrine of Alexander II. Q. Pylon built by the Ptolemies. LUXOR (EL-KUSLjR) AND THEBES. 297 east, the visitor comes to a wall at right angles to the first,upon which is inscribed a copy of the poem of Pen-ta-urt,celebrating the victory of Rameses II. over the Cheta,in the fifth year of his reign; and on the west side of thewall is a stele on which is set forth a copy of the offensi
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