Berlin and its environs; handbook for travellers . nce to Room XI (ses below) is at present closed.— We pass through the anteroom beside the staircase and enter the — Colonnade Court (PL III), which, together with Room V, re-presents the main features of an Egyptian temple. On the sidenearest the entrance: Staines of the lion-headed goddess the entrance court: Ethiopian altar which has played an import-ant part in the deciphering of Ethiopian inscriptions; two crio-sphinxes (that on the right a cast). In the back-ground are twocolossal figures of kings in a sitting posture, in porph
Berlin and its environs; handbook for travellers . nce to Room XI (ses below) is at present closed.— We pass through the anteroom beside the staircase and enter the — Colonnade Court (PL III), which, together with Room V, re-presents the main features of an Egyptian temple. On the sidenearest the entrance: Staines of the lion-headed goddess the entrance court: Ethiopian altar which has played an import-ant part in the deciphering of Ethiopian inscriptions; two crio-sphinxes (that on the right a cast). In the back-ground are twocolossal figures of kings in a sitting posture, in porphyry: to theleft Ramses II., called Sesostris by the Greeks, entirely uninjured;to the right Usertesen I. (2100 ), the upper part restored. On thewalls are paintings of Egyptian landscapes, and papyrus MSS., pro-tected by curtains. — The hieroglyphics on the entablature recordthat these monuments were arranged here in 1848 by order of Fred-erick William IV. — We now pass through Room V and IV (seebelow) and enter (to the right) the —. Room of thePrim^valPeriod (before ; PL XI). Mainly-Objects found in prehistoric tombs: mummies in a crouching post-ure, sewn up in leather coverings; fine stone vessels; fragments ofvessels and sepulchral stones bearing the names of kings; carvedivory chair-legs; stone knives and slates for pulverising this room is also the Tomb of Meten (ca. 2800 ), rebuilt withthe original slabs.—The mural paintings represent sacrifices andthe judgment of the dead; on the ceiling is a reproduction of theZodiac of Dendera. Room of the Ancient Empire (after 2800 ; PL IV). Wall I:Walls of the tomb of Manofer, with admirable reliefs (the deceased atmeal: his herds); sacrificial slabs and cups. Wall II: Tomb-chamber 78 Sections. BERLIN. New Museum: of Prince Mer-eb (son of Cheops), who was buried beside the GreatPyramid at Gizeh. This was reconstructed from fragments broughthome by Lepsius. — Window-wall: *10,858. Wooden f
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