The Egyptian Antiquities In The British Museum

Author : Samuel Sharpe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330159200
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum written by Samuel Sharpe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum The Egyptian antiquities in the British Museum are arranged first, in a long gallery or series of rooms on the ground-floor; secondly, on the staircase which leads to the first-floor; and thirdly, on the landing-place and two rooms on the first-floor. On the ground-floor are placed the heavier monuments of stone, from the sarcophagus and colossal statue down to the small funereal tablet. On the staircase are hung a few papyri in frames. On the first-floor are all the lighter works of art, such as mummies, vases, engraved stones, and porcelain models of mummies in the glass-cases, with a few large plaster casts fastened against the walls. In this catalogue the above arrangement has, for the most part, been followed. Part I. contains the principal monuments on the ground-floor, together with the large plaster casts which are fixed against the walls on the landing-place and first-floor upstairs. These are many of them royal monuments, and bear the names of the kings for whom they were made; and many others, which were made for private persons, have the names of the kings in whose reigns they were made. 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.