202) already manifests some noteworthy qualities.

The limbs, somewhat long and fragile, are delicately treated; but the head is heavy, being over-weighted by the wig peculiar to goddesses.

Psammetichus I., when his victories had established him upon the throne, busied himself in the restoration of the temples.

Under his auspices, the valley of the Nile became one vast studio of painting and sculpture.

The art of engraving hieroglyphs attained a high degree of excellence, fine statues and bas- reliefs were everywhere multiplied, and a new school arose.