The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . \^, [ ^Oiw BlL ^>-. 3 a ca o s s o q P. 478 THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE. once accomplislied, no subsequent attempt was made to construct a second likeit: all the remaining structures of Ramses III., whether at Memphis,^ in theneighbourhood of Abydos,- or at Karuak,^ were in the conventional style of thePharaohs. Ho determined, nevertheless, to give to the exterior of the Mem-uonium, which he built near Medinet-Habu for the worship of himself, the pro-portions and appearance of an Asiatic Migdol, influenced probably by hisremembran
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . \^, [ ^Oiw BlL ^>-. 3 a ca o s s o q P. 478 THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE. once accomplislied, no subsequent attempt was made to construct a second likeit: all the remaining structures of Ramses III., whether at Memphis,^ in theneighbourhood of Abydos,- or at Karuak,^ were in the conventional style of thePharaohs. Ho determined, nevertheless, to give to the exterior of the Mem-uonium, which he built near Medinet-Habu for the worship of himself, the pro-portions and appearance of an Asiatic Migdol, influenced probably by hisremembrance of similar structures which he had seen during his Syrian chapel itself is of tlie ordinary type, with its gigantic pylons, its courts sur-rounded by columns—each supporting a colossal Osirian statue—its hypostylehall, and its mysterious cells for the deposit of spoils taken from the peoples ofthe sea and the cities of Asia.* His tomb was concealed at a distant spot in theBiban-el-Moluk, and we see depicted on its walls the same scenes that we find inthe l
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