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... statues in Dynastic times , left foot in front of right . The quality of the carving is shown in the way in which the robe is wrapped tightly across the rounded shoulders , and the head is thrust forward with determination and strength ...
... statues in Dynastic times , left foot in front of right . The quality of the carving is shown in the way in which the robe is wrapped tightly across the rounded shoulders , and the head is thrust forward with determination and strength ...
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... statues for instance were made to look slightly downwards towards the spectator , but examples where the body is made to bend or the head to turn are very rare in formal sculpture . The four little goddesses who protect the canopic ...
... statues for instance were made to look slightly downwards towards the spectator , but examples where the body is made to bend or the head to turn are very rare in formal sculpture . The four little goddesses who protect the canopic ...
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... statues at the temple of Abu Simbel and those showing the king as Osiris in his mortuary temple at Thebes are among the most famous . Smaller statues from his mortuary temple , the Ramesseum , include figures of royal ladies in painted ...
... statues at the temple of Abu Simbel and those showing the king as Osiris in his mortuary temple at Thebes are among the most famous . Smaller statues from his mortuary temple , the Ramesseum , include figures of royal ladies in painted ...
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