. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE SHEÎKH-EL-BELED IN THE GÎZEH 1 It was discovered by Mariette at Saqqâra. The head, torso, arms, and even the staff, wereintact ; but the pedestal and legs were hopelessly decayed, and the statue was only kept upright bythe sand which surrounded it (Mariette, Les Mastabas, p. 129). The staff has since been broken,and is replaced by a more recent one exactly like it. In order to set up the figure, Mariette wasobliged to supply new feet, which retain the colour of the fresh wood. By a curious coincidence,Kaâpirû was an exact portrait
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE SHEÎKH-EL-BELED IN THE GÎZEH 1 It was discovered by Mariette at Saqqâra. The head, torso, arms, and even the staff, wereintact ; but the pedestal and legs were hopelessly decayed, and the statue was only kept upright bythe sand which surrounded it (Mariette, Les Mastabas, p. 129). The staff has since been broken,and is replaced by a more recent one exactly like it. In order to set up the figure, Mariette wasobliged to supply new feet, which retain the colour of the fresh wood. By a curious coincidence,Kaâpirû was an exact portrait of one of the Sheikhs el-Beled, or mayors of the village of Saqqâra :the Arab workmen, always quick to see a likeness, immediately called it the Sheikh el-Beled, andthe name has been retained ever since (Mariette, Notes des principaux monuments, 187G, p. 194,No. 492, and Album photographique du Musee de Eoulaq, pis. 18, 19 ; Kougé-Banville, Album de laMission photographique de M. de Bouge, Nos. 95, 9G).—IVth dynasty. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-Bey (cf.
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