Identifier: historyofartinan01perruoft Title: A history of art in ancient Egypt Year: 1883 (1880s) Authors: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901 Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 Subjects: Art -- Egypt History Egypt -- Antiquities Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 22.—Boatmen. Tomb of Ra-ka-pou, 5th dyna^y. (Boulak, 16 inches high. Drawn by Bourgoin.) agriculturists, although legal rights were the same in both cases.The burden of forced labour must have pressed less heavily uponthe latter class, and they must have had better opportunities ofescaping from it altogether. In consequence of a mistaken interpretation of historic evidence,it was long believed that the Egyptians had castes, like theHindoos. This notion has been dispelled by more careful studyof their remains. The vigorous separation of classes according totheir social functions, the enforced heredity of professions, andthe prohibition of intermarriage between the different groups,never obtained a footing in Egypt. We often find, in Egyptian The Constitution of Egyttian Society. 33 writings, two members of a single family attached one to the civilservice and the other to the army, or the daughter of a general

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 23.—Cattle Drovers. P>om the tomb of Ra-ka-pou, Sakkarah, 5th dynasty. (BouLik.Drawn by Bourgoin.) marrying the son of a priest. Nay, it often happens that theoffices of soldier and priest, of priest and civil servant, or of civil

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