. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . NOTABLE WEARING THE LARGECLOAK OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER.* PRIEST WEARING THE PANTHERS SKINACROSS THE 1 The monuments of the ancient empire show us the fellah of that period and the artisan at hiswork still wearing the belt (Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 4, 9, 12, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35, 40, etc.). * The first fashion often figures in Lepsius, Denlim., ii. pp. 4, 8, 22, 25, 32, 43, etc. ; thelatter in Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. ii. p. 322. See the two statues, , 48. * The custom of wearing a tail made of straw, hemp fibre, or
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . NOTABLE WEARING THE LARGECLOAK OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER.* PRIEST WEARING THE PANTHERS SKINACROSS THE 1 The monuments of the ancient empire show us the fellah of that period and the artisan at hiswork still wearing the belt (Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 4, 9, 12, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35, 40, etc.). * The first fashion often figures in Lepsius, Denlim., ii. pp. 4, 8, 22, 25, 32, 43, etc. ; thelatter in Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. ii. p. 322. See the two statues, , 48. * The custom of wearing a tail made of straw, hemp fibre, or horsehair, still exists among severaltribes of the Upper Nile (Elisée Reclus, Géographie universelle, vol. ix. pp. 140, 158, 165, 175,178, etc.). The tails worn on state occasions by the Egyptians were imitations of jackals tails, andnot, as has been stated, of those of lions. The movable part was of leather or plaited horsehair,attached to a rigid part of wood. The museum at Marseilles possesses one of these woodenappendages (Maspero, Catal
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