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Excerpt from Ægyptiaca: Comprising a Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities, Collected in the Years 1856, 1857, and Now Deposited in the Museum of the University of Sydney; Together With an Account of Some Remains of the "Disk Worshippers" The forms of the letters are in the fashion of those of Thebes, of the xviiith dynasty. This fragment still preserves its original colours, except that the blue, being derived from copper, has turned to a greenish hue. The hieroglyphics are incised. Lime stone, ioq inches high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.