These sculptures are executed with remarkable accuracy and exquisite freeness of detail. The bass-reliefs are in the very best stage of art. The great rock-temple, or Tuthmosium, dedicated to the first Thothmes, another unique and beautiful work of art, was erected by her. He has been described at this period as in a state of complete vassalage. This stupendous temple, the grandest ruin in existence, by ages older than the Coliseum, and by whose side St. Peter's would dwindle into insignificance, was not only indebted to her for vast additions and some of its most striking features, but has depicted upon its inner walls records of her conquests, the tribute brought her, and account of her offerings to the god.
Many hieroglyphic letters are fourteen inches in length.
Belonging to a dynasty noted for its military prowess and its administrative ability, the success of her arms, the wisdom of her government, and the artistic splendors of her reign, place her at its head.