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TEN YEARS' DIGGING IN EGYPT
Panhelienion, with a settlement extending along the
bank of the canal for half a mile below it; amidst
which stood the temples of the separate external
colonies of traders, Milesian, Samian, and Aeginetan.
The dedications found on
the vases have been much
'^^gjjp \^ discussed ; but, viewed in
■' *r^^y the light of the history of
the town, they are generally
agreed now to be pro-
bably the earliest Ionic
writing yet known. The
styles of the vases made
V
34. Negro on Naukratite
Vase. here are now fixed,and those
found in other places which were exported from here
can be identified : similarly we now know the source
of the paste scarabs of mock-Egyptian design, often
found in Greek tombs. The history of vase-painting
35. \ u kkatitk Design, i : 4.
is assisted by the successive periods of the layers of
the Apollo remains, which extend over what was a
doubtful age: and the history of tools and of Greek
manufactures has been much extended. On almost
TEN YEARS' DIGGING IN EGYPT
Panhelienion, with a settlement extending along the
bank of the canal for half a mile below it; amidst
which stood the temples of the separate external
colonies of traders, Milesian, Samian, and Aeginetan.
The dedications found on
the vases have been much
'^^gjjp \^ discussed ; but, viewed in
■' *r^^y the light of the history of
the town, they are generally
agreed now to be pro-
bably the earliest Ionic
writing yet known. The
styles of the vases made
V
34. Negro on Naukratite
Vase. here are now fixed,and those
found in other places which were exported from here
can be identified : similarly we now know the source
of the paste scarabs of mock-Egyptian design, often
found in Greek tombs. The history of vase-painting
35. \ u kkatitk Design, i : 4.
is assisted by the successive periods of the layers of
the Apollo remains, which extend over what was a
doubtful age: and the history of tools and of Greek
manufactures has been much extended. On almost