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tique art only, and the new one on Vestre Boulevard where modern art is represented. Some of the principal works of art in the old Glyptotheca: (admission see newspapers). E g yp tian A r t: Statue of an Egyptian woman, one of the oldest and most remarkable statues ever brought to Europe. Anubis, the only existing larger statue of Anubis. Five chests with mummies. Parts of sepulchral chambers with a blind door, through which the departed was thought to pass in aud out. Canopuses, jars in which the entrails of the dead were kept. A mummy chest-ornament of gilded wood and Lapis Lazuli. Larger and smaller statues and figures of Bods, Egyptians and animals etc. Various implements. G reek A r t: Fragment of an Achean tombstone, typical as it marks the transition from the ancient wood-technique. Hope, statuette; Thorvaldsen has used the same prototype for his statue „Uaabet“ (Hope). Zeus, the best reproduction of the famous statue „Zeus“ by Phideas. A Triton the most perfect antique specimen existing. Statues and torsos of Aphrodite, Apollon, Eros, Dionysos, Herakles, Hermes etc. etc. Heads and busts of the same. Portrait-busts of Sophocles, Zenon, Epicurus, Hesiodos, Homer etc. Sepulchral monuments, reliefs, masks. Roman A r t: Statues of the Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, an Empress, an Apollo-pricst, a priestess, a physician etc. Portrait-bust of: Pompeius, Brutus, Augustus, Livia, Agrippa, Germanicus, Agrippina, the elder and the younger, Caligula, Dru- sus, Messalina, Domitianus, Trajanus, Hadrianus. Antinous, Anti- nous Pius, Marc Aurelius, Septimus Severus. Gallienus, Constan- tinus the Great etc. S a rcop h a g i: a Casali-Sarc., Marsyas-Sarc., Achileus-Sarc., Phaeton-Sarc. S ep u lch ra l monuments, altars and ash-urns etc. E tru scan A rt. Acroteria, ash-urns, sarcophagi, various heads. The P a lm y ra -collection , comprising 120 numbers unique in its kind. To the left of the Glyptotheca is the double portal (Dipylon), which connects two of the buildings of the Ny Carlsberg brewery. The Dipylon is erected by Etatsraad Dahlerup; the two doorways are shaped as railway tunnels and are made of heavy granite blocks in extremely elegant cutting. The gate is adorned with a peculiar frieze deco­ ration, nine painted portrait-figures. Ab'ove this is a bell wifli two large bronze-figures (modelled by Stephan Sin- ding) that strike the hour. We now return to the gale of Sondermarken; by following the path to the left along 4*