Now and then we find figures of men and animals interspersed among the geometrical combinations.

The drawing is rude, almost childish; and it is difficult to tell whether the subjects represent herds of antelopes or scenes of gazelle-hunting.

The craftsmen who produced these rude attempts were nevertheless contemporary with the artists who decorated the rock-cut tombs at Beni Hasan.

As regards the period of Egypt's great military conquests, the Theban tombs of that age have supplied objects enough to stock a museum of pottery; but unfortunately the types are very uninteresting.

To begin with, we find hand-made sepulchral statuettes modelled in summary fashion from an oblong lump of clay.