The Antiquities And Curiosities Of The Exchequer Classic Reprint

Author : F. Arundale
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333621919
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Gallery of Antiquities written by F. Arundale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gallery of Antiquities: Selected From the British Museum As the first part of the present work treated on the mythology of such figures of divinities as existed in the National Collection, so the second gives an account of the monumental history of those works of art which illustrate the reigns of different monarchs, their iconography, and state of the arts. This portion of the work is, however, of incomparably greater difficulty than the mythology, from the paucity of historical remains, the apparent discrepancy between the traditionary history of the Greek writers and the remains themselves. While the latter are all powerful as far as their evidence goes, it is unfortunately often disjointed and unintelligible; for example, the succession after Thouthmosis the Second, and the question of the second and third Ramesses, may be considered, at present, open to an opinion. The same remarks apply still more forcibly to the state of chronology. The object iof this work being an illustration of the Museum monuments, and not a critical analysis of Egyptian history, it was not possible to enter into discussion on the subject of history and chronology, and the discrepant chronologies of Rosellini and Wilkinson have been noted without any opinion as to the preferable accuracy of either. The whole of this part of the subjects requires a careful recasting; and in the promised work of Chevalier Bunsen and Dr. Lepsius, which is on the eve of appearance, more monumental evidence and critical light will be thrown upon the state of the question than has been hitherto attempted. At the same time the hieroglyphical texts have been carefully translated, and such as have been given by Rosellini, with a citation of his translation, a due acknowledgment of the assistance derived from it, and a most scrupulous criticism and amendment of the errors which necessarily beset all initiative attempts. Another point has also been slightly touched on, that of 'the identification of some of the races and nations, or cities conquered by the Egyptians; but this part of the subject also partially, from the uncertainty of whether, in many instances, the names of the prisoners have been accurately copied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.