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THE EXPLORER IN EGYPT.
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ty-sixth Egyptian Dynasty; and renowned in the times of
Athenseus and Herodotus for the skill of its potters and the
taste of its florists ! And now discovery followed fast upon
discovery, every day's work bringing more and more corrob-
orative evidence to light. Inscriptions, coins, sculptures,
bronzes, terra-cottas turned up in astonishing profusion, and
among other treasures a fine slab engraved with the dedica-
tion of a palaestra, or public wrestling-school, for the youth
of the city. As the trenching and clearing progressed, yet
more important results were obtained.
The sites, ruins, and sacred enclosures of
two temples dedicated to Apollo — the
one erected upon the debris of the other
—were first brought to light.
The earlier structure was built of lime-
stone, and, to judge by the style of col-
umns and cornice, dates from about b.c.
700 to b.c. COO. The later {circa b.c 400)
was of white marble, and exquisitely dec-
orated. Close outside the temenos-wall
of one of these temples Mr. Petrie came
upon a great deposit of magnificent liba-
tion-bowls, accidentally broken in the
service of the temple, and thrown out
as useless. Most of them are inscribed
with votive dedications by pious Mile-
sians, Teans, and others. Later on, the
remains of the famous Pan-IIellenion,
and the ruins of the temples of Hera,
Zeus, and Aphrodite were discovered, all
of them mentioned by Herodotus and
Athena3us. These discoveries were the
work of two successive seasons, the first abohaic btatcktib
, , , . , . , t i OF A HUNTER.
season's explorations being conducted by
Mr. Petrie, and the second by Mr. Ernest the Temple of Ap'h.
A. Gardner, now Director of the English ro*«J"Naukratta.
oil*,, , .i rt^i —British Museum,
OCllOol of Archaeology at Athens. The Greek department.
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ty-sixth Egyptian Dynasty; and renowned in the times of
Athenseus and Herodotus for the skill of its potters and the
taste of its florists ! And now discovery followed fast upon
discovery, every day's work bringing more and more corrob-
orative evidence to light. Inscriptions, coins, sculptures,
bronzes, terra-cottas turned up in astonishing profusion, and
among other treasures a fine slab engraved with the dedica-
tion of a palaestra, or public wrestling-school, for the youth
of the city. As the trenching and clearing progressed, yet
more important results were obtained.
The sites, ruins, and sacred enclosures of
two temples dedicated to Apollo — the
one erected upon the debris of the other
—were first brought to light.
The earlier structure was built of lime-
stone, and, to judge by the style of col-
umns and cornice, dates from about b.c.
700 to b.c. COO. The later {circa b.c 400)
was of white marble, and exquisitely dec-
orated. Close outside the temenos-wall
of one of these temples Mr. Petrie came
upon a great deposit of magnificent liba-
tion-bowls, accidentally broken in the
service of the temple, and thrown out
as useless. Most of them are inscribed
with votive dedications by pious Mile-
sians, Teans, and others. Later on, the
remains of the famous Pan-IIellenion,
and the ruins of the temples of Hera,
Zeus, and Aphrodite were discovered, all
of them mentioned by Herodotus and
Athena3us. These discoveries were the
work of two successive seasons, the first abohaic btatcktib
, , , . , . , t i OF A HUNTER.
season's explorations being conducted by
Mr. Petrie, and the second by Mr. Ernest the Temple of Ap'h.
A. Gardner, now Director of the English ro*«J"Naukratta.
oil*,, , .i rt^i —British Museum,
OCllOol of Archaeology at Athens. The Greek department.