. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. The Great Temple at II. The Incense Trees of Punt. (Maspero, Hist., II, p. 253). Plate II. Queen Hatshopsitu and Her Temple 7 scarcely another example of porticoes such asare found at Deir-el-Bahari (Plate V). Another characteristic of the work of thisinnovator was to bring landscape-gardening withinhis architectural scheme, obtaining thereby effectsof verdure rare in Egypt. For special reasons(which will be explained later), the Sublime wasregarded as a kind of Garden of Eden for gods andkings. Therefore, its wide terraces and the lengthof its o
. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. The Great Temple at II. The Incense Trees of Punt. (Maspero, Hist., II, p. 253). Plate II. Queen Hatshopsitu and Her Temple 7 scarcely another example of porticoes such asare found at Deir-el-Bahari (Plate V). Another characteristic of the work of thisinnovator was to bring landscape-gardening withinhis architectural scheme, obtaining thereby effectsof verdure rare in Egypt. For special reasons(which will be explained later), the Sublime wasregarded as a kind of Garden of Eden for gods andkings. Therefore, its wide terraces and the lengthof its outer wall were planted with incense trees,brought at great expense, from the distant countryof Punt. As may be imagined, nothing remainsof these gardens save the stone basins piercedwith drainage-holes, which were built into theground and filled with soil to receive the trans-planted incense trees. But if the verdure hasperished, there remains, engraved for all time uponthe bas-reliefs of the terrace, a tracery of these littletrees with their short-stalked, crowd
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