The Treasury of Ancient Egypt - Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
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XXV. THE ISLAND AND TEMPLES OF PHILÆ WHEN THE
RESERVOIR IS EMPTY 269 XXVI. A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM THE TOMB OF USERHAT AT THEBES. THIS RELIEF WAS STOLEN FROM THE TOMB, AND FOUND ITS WAY TO THE BRUSSELS MUSEUM, WHERE IT IS SHOWN IN THE DAMAGED CONDITION SEEN IN PL. XXVII. 282 XXVII. A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM THE TOMB OF USERHAT, THEBES. (SEE PL. XXVI.) 293 PART I THE VALUE OF THE TREASURY. "History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have lived. A man shall be the Temple of Fame. He shall walk, as the poets have described that goddess, in a robe painted all over with wonderful events and experiences.... He shall be the priest of Pan, and bring with him into humble cottages the blessing of the morning |
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