. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. and from Phila? to the delta of the Nile withtemples, terraces, tombs, and public works ; but theattempt proved abortive, and architectural historypasses almost directly to the Ptolemaic age. Under the descendants of the Macedonian gen-eral, Egypt once more awoke to the necessity of procured plentv, and the harbours of Arsinoe,Berenice, and Alexandria were choked by Phoeniciangalleys with their purple embroidered sails, all ladenwith gold, silver, ivory,textile work of Tyre, andgraven gems ; while tri-remes, with
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. and from Phila? to the delta of the Nile withtemples, terraces, tombs, and public works ; but theattempt proved abortive, and architectural historypasses almost directly to the Ptolemaic age. Under the descendants of the Macedonian gen-eral, Egypt once more awoke to the necessity of procured plentv, and the harbours of Arsinoe,Berenice, and Alexandria were choked by Phoeniciangalleys with their purple embroidered sails, all ladenwith gold, silver, ivory,textile work of Tyre, andgraven gems ; while tri-remes, with brazen prowsof green and gold,throngedthe inlets of the Red Sea,bearing rare woods, gems,perfumes, porcelains, andspices from the sovereignsof the East, with silks,wrought metal, and filigreefrom far-away fountain-filled Damascus. Besides all these, therevenues of the state wereenormous, and even underPtolemy Auletes, the fa-ther of Cleopatra, themost careless of all monarchs, amounted to twelvethousand five hundred talents, or twenty million dol- frfl *»■&*:. Fig. 13.—Temple at Philse. 28 EGYPT A XI) NUBIA. lars in gold per year. Hence the material require-ment was not wanting for architecture, and templesbegan to rear their sculptured beauty on every hand. Under the Ptolemaic rule temples differed quitematerially from the palaces of worship of the Thebankings. The plans show much greater irregularity as atPhilae (Fig. 13), but also less originality, and cover asmaller area of surface. The purpose, whether theyare ecclesiastical or palatial, is no longer problemat-
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