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The fact that two of the Keftiu envoys in the Rekh-ma-ra frescoes carry ingots of copper of the same shape as those found by Dr. Halbherr at Hagia

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

Rekh-ma-ra, in whose tomb are the other notable pictures of the

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

In the representations of the Keftiu, on the walls of Rekh-ma-ra's tomb, the shoes are white, and have bindings of red and blue, and in some cases are delicately embroidered.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

Crete, and the men of the Lost Atlantis whose portraits Produs saw in Egypt were none other than the Keftiu of the tombs of Sen-mut and Rekh-ma-ra.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

Sen-mut's tomb gives us a date about 1480 B.C., and Rekh-ma-ra's may bring us down to 1450 B.C., or thereby.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

It is not only indicated by the evidence of the Sen-mut and Rekh-ma-ra tombs, but by the parallelism in the styles of art in the two countries.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

III., came to the throne, for Rekh-ma-ra, the Vizier of Tahutmes, in whose tomb the visit of the Keftian ambassadors is pictured, survived, as we know, into the reign of Amenhotep.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

The tombs which preserve best the figures of the Keftiu are those of Sen-mut and Rekh-ma-ra.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

H.ll, H. R., 155; origin of spiral, 48, 143, 193; sea-route to Egypt, 145; on Labyrinth, 153; Keftiu in tomb of Rekh-ma-ra, 161; identification of

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

It is a fortunate circumstance that Sen-mut and Rekh-ma-ra should have caused them to be portrayed when they did, for in two or three generations more the glory of Knossos had passed away, never to be revived.

The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898