aspects of thepyramids. We are most familiar with the shapes of the greatpyramids at Gizeh (Fig. 130 and PI. I, 2); their images havebeen multiplied to infinity by engraving and photography, but wemake a great mistake when we imagine all the royal tombs atMemphis to be built upon this one model.… … a . i. ■!. iol i? FjG. 132.—Section of the pyramid of Cheops ; from Perring. preservation. The southern pyramid of Dashour otters us oneof the most curious variations upon the original theme (Fig. 133).Its angle-ridges are not unbroken straight lines from base tosummit. The slope of its faces…
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