to be erected on the banks of the life-givingriver. The temple was later than the tomb, but it followedclosely upon its footsteps, and the two were, in a fashion, unitedby those erections on the left bank of the Nile, under the Thebannecropolis, which partook of the character of both. The templeis… … CHAPTER IV. THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF EGYPT. ^ I.— The Temple under the Aiicicnt Eii2pire. No statue of a god is known which can be confidently referredto the first six dynasties. Hence it has sometimes been assertedthat at that early period the Egyptian gods were not born, if wemay use the…
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