, 1866-11-25
EGYPT On THE SEINE
The Ytccruy of ESypt'a Contribution %
the Paris Exhibitl0xas

the PAf18 EaAN2UAA0x4S l
A writer in Nature and Art says that ne
viecroy Of Egypt Is erecting semriS af,S. g Paris
Exhibition. It 10 large rectangaiaf puia
Ing, surrounded b. an oIen colonnaae. ana
,uraauring outside tho latter aoont clgntJ-
tour feet by sixty tcet. It Is TO ee CON.
thc sacred COW, Hother, In It's minutestc DC;
tails. and It's execution has been entrusted
to Maricttc Bey, whose name Ii intimnteaJ
connected with EEJptian research and Nus
ration The colonnads WI CONSIST s o. y ~
es We1i as The the s1chtrave. feze, aud inter
columniutions. will be from the Ptolenaie
STRUCTURES of Philn, Esneh, aud genaG,,
represent, with all the variety Of which the
| subject is susceptible, one Of the Ptoiemies
making offerings to the divinity OF the tem-
file. ii, the facade will be introduced bas.
relief discovered last winter II thc cares o.
Denderah, which is confidently deela1sa 70
Be nm authentic contemporary portrait OF the
famous cleopatra. The ceiling Of the colon
rade is to be painted blue. with golden stars
md decorated With tlgnres, Il t.s great Sul-
,ute Of Nednst: :Aeou, W.T. "a1e ,4in,s Doa'ss
OF The outside of the walls Of the temple
Itself will be series of las-relicf, iliustsa.
tive Of the various arts Of ancient Esyn, ~
Chronological order. Those representing
the rst epoch viii b. derived from sns Mar
tin and oiller contemporary sources, ~ ING
curious bas.rrliefs from tho tomb OF
rhtah Iiosep s,esa 9saaaua5as su12ounaed I'd i b.
arc sr t:shins aud hunting. scenes IN the
marshes; chasing the gaelic In the plains
With grcyhoupdS hunting tbs lio9; y
cunbat between a lion and bnialo
slaves saFryln: eagS 5ss1es{e IH rom IL
t.mb nf ri include agricultural scenes, cat.
f{r- ttoops def.linE before tho dctunct, .
$ f.1my ard. a huuchGack leading greyhound
/, swans. ccese, ducks, all represented wlth Ut
amount Of art which gypt 10 longer posses. s..
tea. Another compartment represents III
, construction OF boats, cabinet 'n'aking, ,ah
i: nit e, ecuiptors producing statue. 1eHeae1
i and others at work. r.,,
]: Next come scenes q The navigation Of ~ u
. Nile, with craft Of all knu: hsat ,a,s III ~ y
J mus: apd the cmlarkation and trans
n rort OF sculpture. In unoitcr great pans
e viii be seen reproduction OF ihc q:
e rcliefs Of tho twelfth dynasty "nixr ~n II y
1t q Semitic family asking permission to rcsta
ID n. hi. province; industrlal scenes, dance
i, music and curious gytnnnsttc tcats and exc
i. ciscs. The bas.reiiefs Of the eighteen
e. dynasty, from Ihehes and AGxdes, ,ile Me'nt =,
or Inliu. soldiers marching 10 the sound
re tTumret and drum, the navigation of Y
d, EtI sea, disembarGatfons, con9 uests, ca
tiycs led iu chnins, return to Iheoes 9,
ht trium III Of the king; the ianatic AmenoPi
,re fhr Furffth on his war chariot, i'!sowe1
me liz seven daughters, also III chaFtots dom
lie tic Ecenes, house bnilling and manutactut'
ns Those irutn the to1nbs Of the twenty-si,1; l;
Ing Iy,,asty ut Thcbcs will occupy the last q y
Of Zion, The outer surface Of the walls OF =
.ny trm,1c will thus exhibit IN abridsemcnt
cd, thr III. tory Of E:ytan art during the VII
ted four thousand yclrs Of It's existence.
Within tue temple itself VII! bc rep
md seu.eI thc famous bas-rcaie1s OF INC IT
tsa temple of Abydos, and. on the walls,
the RANGES Of pictures, principally Of the sp.
yul- Sci, Among other objects OF interest
the tlrutc remarkable collection Of nnel
,ets lev elry and objccsa Of ornament and lnxu!
Tri- ibr Statue Of Lhrpliren, in diorste or gre
the stone. believed to be the o1d st statue IN
The world; a statue of the priest Na- -ne'eT,
sco- apothcr, IN wood, Of the s'leikh el bel
adc considered as The finest specin.sn eNtat'
1wl Eryp,ia1l urt aud statue Of the great
rs Of thor lc1ecli III basalt, recently dIsGuse
ows and selection Of the sculpture, golfers
argc other objects, the gcns oi tile slee1
,Wd | ,,.,,srutn III BOulHu,