The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture
by
Lawrence M. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Sometime in the early fourth century BC, an unknown Egyptian master carved an exquisite portrait in dark-green stone. The statue that included this head of a priest, likely a citizen of ancient Memphis, may have been damaged when the Persians conquered Egypt in 343 BC, before it was buried in a temple...