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Masterpieces of Old Kingdom portraits
The accompanying illustrations are of objects in the Museum of Fine Arts. All are of the Fourth Dynasty (2680-2560 B.C.) and fall into two groups; first, portraits of private persons, high off…
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Portraits in Ancient Egypt (part one)
It is peculiarly difficult for persons living in the twenty first century A.D. to acquire a sense of the personal reality of those who walked & earth in the twenty seve…
