of the 19th and 20th centuries. Togetehr they strove to build a pantheon, i.e. a gallery which would present the world of the Egyptian gods to the Glyptotek's visitors. For this purpose the bronze figures were - and still are - ideal, as no other Egyptian art form presents so many different gods, goddesses and sacred animals as the art of the bronze-caster.
The technical process of bronze-casting, the original purpose of the bronze figures and the history of the collection are described in the catalogue's introduction, and at the back of the book is a short mythological glossary. All the figures are illustrated clearly with colour photographs.