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NORTHERN GALLERY. 
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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 
Karnak, and the statue of the Prince Shaaemuas, son of Bamesses 
II. ; Siout. 
At the South end of the Room is a Table Case containing some 
miscellaneous antiquities excavated by the late Mr. G. Smith, in 1874, 
amongst them are a stone model of a winged human-headed cow, 
several tablets, a bronze spoon, iron and other objects. 
CENTRAL SALOON. 
The principal part of the monuments in this room are of the age 
of King Rameses II., the Sesostris of the Greeks, and the greatest 
monarch of the 1 9th 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 Rameses at Mitraheny, the other 
a granite head and shoulders from the building called the Memnonium, 
at Thehes, and that of a queen. — The remaining sculptures represent 
chiefly the king and his officers. — Between the columns, at the entrance 
to the Northern Gallery, are, on one side, a granite statue of Rameses 
II., erected by King Menephtah, from Karnak; and on the other, a 
wooden statue of King Sethos I. 
NORTHERN GALLERY. 
The larger sculptures in the Northern Gallery belong to the 
18th dynasty, during whose rule Egypt was in a state of great pros- 
perity. It commenced with the expulsion of the Hyksos, or Shepherd 
Kings, from Lower Egypt, and its monarchs extended their conquests 
into Ethiopia and Asia, and built great edifices at Thebes. The close 
of this dynasty was troubled by disturbances, caused by a heresy in the 
Egyptian religion, called that of the Disk-worshippers, which has left 
its traces on several monuments in the collection. The principal 
8culptures,proceeding Northwards, are as follows : — Two statues in black 
granite of King Horus, one representing him under the protection of 
, the godAmen-ra. — Two red granite lions, one having upon it the name 
j of King Amenophis III., the other that of one of his successors, as well 
j as the name of an Ethiopian monarch ; from Mount Barkal in 
j Nubia. — The head of a colossal ram, from an avenue of ram-headed 
j sphinxes, which led to a gateway built by King Horus at Karnak. — 
: Two seated statues in black granite of King Amenophis TIL; Thehes. — 
