"The Word of the God"
24" x 36" Acrylic © 11/97

Working by the light of a small oil lamp, a New Kingdom stonecarver chisels hierglyphic figures in a stone wall. He carefully follows the drawings previously laid out by scribes and draughtsmen. The Egyptian term for hieroglyphics meant "The word of the God." This could have referred to the pharaoh, as well as any deity, because he too was regarded as a god.