ROYAIv STATUKS, PYIyON OF TAHUTMES III 



Photo from Rev. James Baikie 

 KARNAK 



The holy of holies and one of the pylons of the temple of Amen-Ra were the work of 

 another great warrior king, Tahutmes III, the half brother and nephew of Hatshepsut, whom 

 he succeeded on the throne. On the walls of his additions to the temple he caused the 

 stories of his victories to be inscribed, together with pictures of all the rare plants which he 

 had brought back from his Syrian campaigns. This monarch has a peculiar interest for the 

 people of America, as the obelisk commemorating his fourth jubilee, which he erected at 

 Heliopolis, now stands in Central Park, New York. 



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