The quantity of metal thus consecrated to the service of the gods must have been considerable, If many figures were less than an inch in height, many others measured three cubits, or more.

Some were of gold, some of silver; others were part gold and part silver.

There were even some which combined gold with sculptured ivory, ebony, and precious stones, thus closely resembling the chryselephantine statues of the Greeks.
Aided by the bas-relief subjects of Karnak, Medinet Habu, and Denderah, as well as by the statues in wood and limestone which have come down to our day, we can tell exactly what they were like.

However the material might vary, the style was always the same.

Nothing is more perishable than works of this description.