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Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt

CHAPTER V
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Three little wooden men in the Gizeh Museum are probably contemporaries of the Turin figure.
They wear full dress, as, indeed, they should, for one was a king's favourite named Hori, and surnamed Ra.

They are walking with calm and measured tread, the bust thrown forward, and the head high.

The expression upon their faces is knowing, and somewhat sly.

An officer who has retired on half-pay at the Louvre (fig.

243) wears an undress uniform of the time of Amenhotep III.; that is to say, a small wig, a close-fitting vest with short sleeves, and a kilt drawn tightly over the hips, reaching scarcely half-way down the thigh, and trimmed in front with a piece of puffing plaited longwise.


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