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Vivid scenes of ancient life depicted by contemporary artists

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Vivid scenes of ancient life depicted by contemporary artists.jpg The Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earthThumbnailsThe Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earthThumbnailsThe Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earthThumbnailsThe Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earthThumbnailsThe Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earthThumbnails

The walls of the tombs in Egypt form a great picture gallery of the vanished life of that country and are invaluable to the historian. This fragment from the British Museum shows how vividly the domestic figures were realised.