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1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Summary |
Sometime in the early fourth century BC, an unknown Egyptian master carved an exquisite portrait in dark-green stone. The statue that included this head of a priest, likely a citizen of ancient Memphis, may have been damaged when the Persians conquered Egypt in 343 BC, before it was buried in a temple complex. Its adventures were not over: after almost two millennia, the head was excavated by Auguste Mariette, a founding figure in French archaeology. Sent to France as part of a collection assembled for the inimitable Bonaparte prince known as Plon-Plon, it found a home in his faux Pompeian pal |
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Print version record |
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Mariette, Auguste, 1821-1881.
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Warren, Edward Perry, 1860-1928 -- Private collections
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Bonaparte, Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul, Prince, 1822-1891.
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Saʻīd, Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, 1822-1863.
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Bonaparte, Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul, Prince, 1822-1891 fast |
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Mariette, Auguste, 1821-1881 fast |
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Saʻīd, Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, 1822-1863 fast |
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Warren, Edward Perry, 1860-1928 fast |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston fast |
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Portrait sculpture, Egyptian.
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Priests -- Egypt -- Portraits
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- History
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Portrait sculpture, Egyptian
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Priests
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Private collections
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Egypt
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History
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Portraits
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0878467971 |
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9780878467976 |
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