. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE ART AND MONUMENTS OF THE XIII™ DYNASTY. 533 292 long from east to west. The main body of the building was of sandstone,probably brought from the quarries of Tombos : it has been pitilesslydestroyed piecemeal by the inhabitants, and only a few insignificant fragments,on which some lines of hieroglyphs may still be deciphered, remain in small statue of black granite of good workmanship is still standing in themidst of the ruins. It represents Sovkhotpû III. sitting, with his handsresting on his knees ; the head, which has been mutilated
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE ART AND MONUMENTS OF THE XIII™ DYNASTY. 533 292 long from east to west. The main body of the building was of sandstone,probably brought from the quarries of Tombos : it has been pitilesslydestroyed piecemeal by the inhabitants, and only a few insignificant fragments,on which some lines of hieroglyphs may still be deciphered, remain in small statue of black granite of good workmanship is still standing in themidst of the ruins. It represents Sovkhotpû III. sitting, with his handsresting on his knees ; the head, which has been mutilated, lies beside the same king erected colossal statues of himself at Tanis, Bubastis, and at. ONE OP THE OVERTURNED AND BROKEN STATUES OP MIRMÂSHAÛ AT Thebes : he was undisputed master of the whole Nile Valley, from near thespot where the river receives its last tributary to where it empties itselfinto the sea. The making of Egypt was finally accomplished in his time,and if all its component parts were not as yet equally prosperous, the bondwhich connected them was strong enough to resist any attempt to break it,whether by civil discord within or invasions from without. The country wasnot free from revolutions, and if we have no authority for stating that theywere the cause of the downfall of the XIIIth dynasty, the lists of Manethoat least show that after that event the centre of Egyptian power was againshifted. Thebes lost its supremacy, and the preponderating influence passedinto the hands of sovereigns who were natives of the Delta. Xois, situatediu the midst of the marshes, between the Phatnitic and Sebennytic branchesof the Nile, was one of those very ancient c
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