themore ancient. Their employment begins and ends with theAncient Empire. The black bricks, on the other hand, appear forthe first time about midway through the fourth dynasty. At firstthey were rarely employed, but under the eighteenth dynasty andthose which followed it, they came to be… … Fig. 109.—The Mastabat-el-Faraoun. the chief preoccupation of their architects should have been togive a stability to their sepulchres which would have insured theirperpetuity, and, with it, that of the deposit committed to theircharge. The whole of our description will be pervaded byaccounts of…
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