Identifier: historyofartinan01perruoft Title: A history of art in ancient Egypt Year: 1883 (1880s) Authors: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901 Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 Subjects: Art -- Egypt History Egypt -- Antiquities Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: ifF ^e Fig. I.—During the Inundation of the Nile. Thus nature has greatly facilitated the labour of the Egyptianagriculturist ; the river takes upon itself the irrigation of thecountry for the whole width of its valley, and the preparation ofthe soil for the autumnal seed-time ; it restores the virtue annuallytaken out of the ground by the crops. Each year it brings withit more fertility than can be exhausted in the twelve months, so 1 The river should rise to this height upon the Nilometer at Cairo if there is to bea good Nile. In upper Egypt the banks of the river are much higher than inmiddle Egypt. In order to flow over those banks it must rise to a height of someeleven or twelve metres, and unless it rises more than thirteen metres it will nothave a proper effect. A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. that there is a constantly accumulating capital, on both banks ofthe river, of the richest ves^etable earth.

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 2.—Hoeing ; Beni-Hash^an. (Champollion, pi. 381 bis?) Thus the first tribes established themselves in the countryunder singularly favourable conditions ; thanks to the timely help

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