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EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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The next two compartments contain the monuments of the 30th, 
or last native dynasty, which succeeded in expelling the Persians from 
Egypt. The principal sculptures are: — A slab of green basalt, on 
which is represented King Nectanebo II. (b.c. 358-340), making 
offerings to a deity ; from Alexandria. — The sarcophagus of King 
Nectanebo I. (b.c. 378-360), formerly described as that of Alexander 
the Great, on the exterior of which are representations of the sun 
passing through the heavens in his boat, and on the interior various 
divinities ; Alexandria. — Sarcophagus of Naskatu, a Memphite priest, 
covered with inscriptions ; Memphis. — Two obelisks erected by King 
Nectanebo L before the Temple of Thoth ; Cairo. 
The two following compartments contain the remains of the 26th 
dynasty, which commenced under Psammetichus I., and was conspicuous 
for its encouragement of art, and for the extensive employment of 
Greeks in its service. It terminated at the conquest of Egypt by the 
Persians under Cambyses, b.c. -525. The principal objects are: — 
The granite sarcophagus of Hapimen, a royal scribe ; Cairo. — The 
elaborately- worked sarcophagus of the Queen of Amasis II. (b.c. 
538-527); Thebes. — A slab of basalt, on which is represented 
Psammetichus I., making offerings ; Alexandria. — A basalt kneel- 
ing figure of a public functionary, named Uah-pra-het ; Natron Lakes. 
In the next recess are monuments of the 22nd dynasty, which is 
supposed to have been of foreign extraction. Among its monarchs 
was Sheshonk I., the Shishak of Scripture, who plundered Jerusalem. 
The name of this king occurs on two figures of the goddess Sekhet, 
or Pasht (Bubastis), from Kamak. — Near these is a statue of the god 
Hapi, or the Nile, dedicated by Sheshonk, high priest of Amenra, and 
son of Osorkon I. 
The other objects in this compartment are of uncertain date ; in the 
centre is a large scarabseus, the symbol of Cheper (the Creator), which 
had been removed to Constantinople under the Byzantine Emperors. 
The remainder of this Gallery, and the whole of the Central Saloon, 
are filled with the monuments of the 19th dynasty, a race of kings of 
great power, during whose dominion the Egyptians conquered Phoenicia, 
and by whom extensive edifices were erected at Thebes. 
In the last compartment is a finely sculptured' group in sandstone, 
of a male and female figure seated ; and a statue of King Seti 
Menephtah II. on a throne, with a ram's head on his knees, from 
Kamak, and the statue of the Prince Shaaemuas, son of Harnesses 
II. ; Stout. 
CENTRAL SALOON. 
The principal part of the monuments in this room are of the age 
of King Piameses II., the Sesostris of the Greeks, and the greatest 
monarch of the 10th dynasty. Between the columns on the left is a 
colossal fist in red granite, from one of the statues which stood before 
the great Temple of Phtah at Memphis. On the left are three colossal 
heads, the first a cast from a statue of Piameses at Mitraheny, the other 
a granite head and shoulders from the building called the Memnonium r 
