. A history of art in ancient Egypt . ^^.^^^ji^^^^^.j^^^jjys ,*. Fig. 170.—Chess players, Beni-Hassan. (Champollion, pi. 369.) The rich necropolis of Thebes has not preserved any monu-ments from this period in such good condition as those of Abydos,Beni-Hassan, or Siout. M. Maspero has discovered, however, inthe district known as the Drak-Aboid-Nco-^-ak, some remains ofthe royal tombs of the eleventh dynasty. Several of these tombsresemble in their general arrangements those of the feudal princesof Meh and Siout. Thus the sepulchre of the King Ra-Anoub-KJioper-Eiitef is what the Greeks cal
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . ^^.^^^ji^^^^^.j^^^jjys ,*. Fig. 170.—Chess players, Beni-Hassan. (Champollion, pi. 369.) The rich necropolis of Thebes has not preserved any monu-ments from this period in such good condition as those of Abydos,Beni-Hassan, or Siout. M. Maspero has discovered, however, inthe district known as the Drak-Aboid-Nco-^-ak, some remains ofthe royal tombs of the eleventh dynasty. Several of these tombsresemble in their general arrangements those of the feudal princesof Meh and Siout. Thus the sepulchre of the King Ra-Anoub-KJioper-Eiitef is what the Greeks called a hemi-speos, that is, it waspartly built and partly hollowed out of the living rock. Beforethe facade thus built against the mountain, two obelisks werereared. The tombs of the other princes belonging to the familyof Entef were built upon the open plain. They were structures 2 54 ^ History of Art in Ancient Egypt. in masonry, and seem at one time to liave been crowned bypyramids. Some idea of their shape may be obtained from ourilkistrations of the tombs at
Size: 1426px × 1753px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1883
