Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1916 — Ancient Works of Art. [ARTICLE]

Ancient Works of Art.

The oldest, painting orf®canvas in the world was recently sold in New York for $1,700. The picture illustrates life in Egypt when Thebes was one of the world’s great cities. It belongs to the eleventh dynasty and is comparatively small, being 18 by 13 inches. No rain ever falls in Upper Egypt, and there was no dampness to affect the canvas, which had been folded and was preserved with all of its original freshness. It was found in a pfle of debris in the ruins of the temple at Deir-El-Bahari, 1895. The picture represents the Goddess Hathor in the form of a cow on a richly decorated bark- * A deified king is stapdipg beneath the head of the goddess and seven Ugufeslire approaching in act of worship. Their names and prayers are written in hieroglyphics above. What is said to be the oldest sculpture in the world, a seated apelike figure of a king molded in sundried clay, estimated to be 7,000 yean old, brought less than |IOO, . ' *_/ .