The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . le occiput behind. If this is the case, theinstance is not an isolated one, for a deformation of a similar character is found in the case of thenumerous Semites represented on the tomb of Rakhmiri: a similar practice still obtains in certainparts of modern Syria (Hamy, Etude sue les Peintures ethmques . . de la XVIII dyiiastie, pp. 12,13) ; see p. 149 of this volume. Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the original wooden object (eonsigued to the Louvre sinceChampoUious travels); cf. , Monuntents de ILijypte, pi. clsvii. 4; and Mas
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . le occiput behind. If this is the case, theinstance is not an isolated one, for a deformation of a similar character is found in the case of thenumerous Semites represented on the tomb of Rakhmiri: a similar practice still obtains in certainparts of modern Syria (Hamy, Etude sue les Peintures ethmques . . de la XVIII dyiiastie, pp. 12,13) ; see p. 149 of this volume. Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the original wooden object (eonsigued to the Louvre sinceChampoUious travels); cf. , Monuntents de ILijypte, pi. clsvii. 4; and Maspeko inO, Rayet, its Monuments de IArt antique, vol. i. * The costume and the industrial instruments of the Syrians as tliey are represented on theEgyptian monuments was studied in a general way by Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit.,vol. i. pp. 245-261 ; by Osbubn, Egypt, her Testimony to the Truth, pp. 114-145; and by W. MaxMtJLLER, Asien und Europa, pp. 294-301, 305-308, which constitute all the existing literature onthe subject. COSTUME. 151. SYUIANS DRESSED IN THE LOIN-CLOTH AND DOlIiLE SHAWL/ Syria through as many capricious evolutions as with ourselves; but thesevariations, which were evident to the eyes of the people of the time, are notsufficiently striking to enable us to classify the people, or to fix their peasantsandthelowerclass of citizens requiredno other clothing than aloin-cloth similar to tliatof the Egyptians,^ or ashirt of a yellow or whitecolour, extending belowthe knees, and furnishedwith short sleeves.^ Theopening for the neck wascruciform, and the hemwas usually ornamentedwith coloured needle-work or embroidery. The burghers and nobles wore over this a long strip ofcloth, which, after passing closely round the hips and chest, was brought up andspread over the shoulders as a sort of cloak.^ This was not made of the lightmaterial used in Egypt, which offered no protection from cold or rain, but wascomposed of a thick, rough wool, like that
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