The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . y ofHolies.^ The walls covered with bas-reliefs in which the Pharaoh hasvividly depicted the wars which he carried on in the four corners of hiskingdom; here we see raids against the negroes, there the war with the Khati,and further on an encounter with some Libyan tribe. Kamses, flushedby the heat of victory, is seen attacking two Timihu chiefs: one hasalready fallen to the ground and is being trodden underfoot; the other, aftervainly letting fly his arrows, is about to perish from a blow of the conqueror. Drawn by Boudier, from a
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . y ofHolies.^ The walls covered with bas-reliefs in which the Pharaoh hasvividly depicted the wars which he carried on in the four corners of hiskingdom; here we see raids against the negroes, there the war with the Khati,and further on an encounter with some Libyan tribe. Kamses, flushedby the heat of victory, is seen attacking two Timihu chiefs: one hasalready fallen to the ground and is being trodden underfoot; the other, aftervainly letting fly his arrows, is about to perish from a blow of the conqueror. Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Mons. de Book; of. Champollion, Monuments, etc.,pi. xvii.; EosELLiNi, Mon. Storici, pi. Ixxxiii., in which the colours are represented as tliey stillappeared in the first half of the present century. Gad, Monuments de la Nnhie, pis. 55, 57-61; Champollion, Monuments, etc., vol. i. pp. 56-77;KoSELLiNi, Mon. Storici, vol. iii. pt. 2, pp. 85-165; Lepsius, Denlim., iii. 185-191; cf. Dijmiohek, Der^Egyptische Felsentempel von Abu-Simhel, JiAMSES II. PIERCES A LIBYAN CHIEF WITH HIS LANCE. THE BAS-RELIEFS OF THE TEMPLE OF ABU 8IMBEL. 415 His knees give way beneath him, his head falls heavily backwards, and thefeatures are contracted in his death-agony. Pharaoh with his left hand hasseized him by the arm, while with his right he points his lance against hisenemys breast, and is aboutto pierce him through tlieheart. As a rule, this typeof bas-relief is executedwith a conventional gracewhich leaves the spectatorunmoved, and free to con-sider the scene merely fromits historical point of view,forgetful of the artist. Anexamination of most of theother wall - decorations ofthe speos will furnishseveral examples of thistype: we see Kamses witha suitable gesture brandish-ing his weapon above agroup of prisoners, and thecomposition furnishes uswith a fair example ofofficial sculpture, correct,conventional, but devoid ofinterest. Heie, on the con-trary, the drawing is soful
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