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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
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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NOPKITAKI, THE BLACK-SKINNED GODDESS. account of its discovery, cf. Dr. Mauniers letter, Deux Documents relatifs auxfouilles de Marietle, inthe Bccueil de Travaux, Tol. xii. pp. 21G-21S ; and Dkveria, (JSuvres, vol. i. p. 380, et seq. The objectshave been described and reproduced by Birch, On Gold-jewelled Ornaments found at Thebes in ISoJ,in the Arclaeoloyical Journal, vol. xx. p. 166, and Facsimiles of the Egyptian Relics discovered atTlieles in the Tomb of Queen Aah-hotep, 4to, 1863; BIariette, Notice desPrincipaux Monuments, 1864,pp. 218-227. Drawn by Boudier, from the photograiA by M. de Mertens taken in the Berlin Museum. - This necklace has been reproduced ou p. 3 of the present work, where it serves as a frontispieceto the chapter. THE JEWELS OF QUEEN AIIHOTPU. 97 were found aiiionf^ tlie jewels, iucluding three gold flies suspended by a
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THE JEWELS AND WEAPONS OF-QCEEN AlIIIOTPr I, IX THE UIZEU MUSEUJl. tliin chain, nine gold and silver axes, a lions head in gold (if most ininnte Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a pbologrnpli by licchanl, in Mahiette, Alhiim yhbiograpMquedu Muffie (Z« lloularj, pi. 3. Tbe dag^cr is reproiluced by itself nn p. 204 of tlio present volume, sideby side witli a Myociia;an dagger of similur form and ornamentation. H 98 THE BEGINNING OF THE XVIIF DYNASTY. workmanship/ a sceptre of black wood plated with gold, daggers to defendthe deceased from the dangers of the unseen world, boomerangs of hardwood, and the battle-axe of Ahmosis. Besides these, there were two boats,one of gold and one of silver, originally intended for the Pharaoh Kamosu—models of the skiff in which his mummj^ crossed the Nile to reach its lastresting-place, and to sail in the wake of the gods on the western sea.- Nofritari thus reigned conjointly with Amenothes, and even if we haveno record of any act in which she was specia

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