3-028-421 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Comforts Of The Ancient Egyptian: Remarkable discoveries by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1909. 1. Capitals of 50-foot palm columns of the Palace of Apries at Memphis (580 BC). 2. A limestone capital in the form of buds of the rose-lotus...discovered in the Temple of King Proteus (4300 BC). 3. The stone-paved and lined hall of the Palace of Apries. 4. The frames of wooden footstools, (1600 BC). 5., 6. and 12. Jars of red pottery in a knotted-string sling, from the cemetery of Thebes (1600 BC). 7. Gold armlets, earrings, a green scarab and a gold nail used as a button, (1600 BC). 8, The breast of the coffin unearthed in the cemetery of Thebes, (1600 BC). 9. Scale armour of steel and bronze, from the Palace of Apries, (580 BC). 10. A horn with an ivory spout in the form of a bird's head, for sprinkling water, (1600 BC). 11. A solid-silver fitting with a gold face of the goddess Hathor, from the Palace of Apries, (580 BC). 13. A basket that contained toilet articles. 14. A wooden stool, the seat strung with eighteen threads in each hole. 15. A dish of dates and grapes and cakes of bread, (1600 BC). From "Illustrated London News", 1909.