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English: Relief of Ninfi, between Sardis and Smyrna

Identifier: struggleofnation00maspuoft (find matches)
Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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aman who had attainedthe age of a hundred;but the figure is stilltall and of perfect pro-portions.^ The head,which is bald on the top,is somewhat long, andsmall in relation to thebulk of the body ; thereis but little hair on theforehead, but at the backof the head it is thick, and in smooth stiff locks, still preserving its whitecolour beneath the yellow balsams of his last toilet. The forehead is low,the supra-orbital ridges accentuated, the eyebrows thick, the eyes small andset close to the nose, the temples hollow, the cheek-bones prominent; theears, finely moulded, stand out from the head, and are pierced, like those of awoman, for the usual ornaments pendant from the lobe. A strong jaw andsquare chin, together with a large thick-lipped mouth, which reveals throughthe black paste withiu it a few much-worn but sound teeth, make up thefeatures of the mummied king. His moustache and beard, which were closelyshaven in his lifetime, had grown somewhat in his last sickness or after his
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THE BAS-RELIEF OP NINFI. Even after the coalescence of the vertebrre and the shrinkage produced by mummifiealion,the body of Ramses II. still measures over 5 feet S inches (Masfeko, Les Momies royales de Viir el-Biihari, in the Ndmoires de hi Mission Fntiiriiinr du Caire, vol. 1. pp. 556-5G3). Drawn by Faucher-Gudiu, from a photograph.

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  • bookyear:1896
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Maspero__G___Gaston___1846_1916
  • booksubject:History__Ancient
  • booksubject:Egypt____History
  • booksubject:Syria____History_and_antiquities
  • booksubject:Assyria____History_and_antiquities
  • bookpublisher:London___S_P_C_K_
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:449
  • bookcollection:robarts
  • bookcollection:toronto
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