Perhaps this explains why Egyptians, without preliminary tuition in sculpture or painting, are copying the old work in such a way that only the most experienced are able to tell the real from the false.
Most excavators, however, have a sense of intuition which tells them if a thing is false or not. Not that they depend in any way upon this, for they weigh up the evidence in a strictly scientific manner, and give their decision backed up by reasons which are difficult to dispute.
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Maspero, “New Light on Ancient Egypt.”
Breasted, “History of Egypt.”
Wilkinson, “Ancient Egypt.”
Weigall, “Treasury of Egypt.”
Brodrick and Morton, “A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archæology.”