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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 427

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he theatre, and it would be diiticult to make its economy under-stood unless we began by noticing them in detail. One of the first signs which denoted to visitors the proximity ofan Egyptian temple was what the Greek travellers called a Bpofj.of,that is to say a paved causeway bordered on each side… … Fig. 205.—Ram, or Ariosphinx, from Karnak. edifice, between the first and second pylon, this width underwent aconsiderable increase. The space between one sphinx and anotheron the same side of the causeway was about 13 feet. The dronwswhich led from Luxor to Karnak was about 2,200 yards long;there…

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