n the group of ruins which surrounds the back parts of theRamesseum (see p. 379, vol. i.) there are vaults of various kinds. A 8o A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. few verge slightly towards the pointed form (see Fig. 47), othersare elliptic (Fig. 48). The latter are composed of four courses,and… … KiG. 46.—Arch in El-As5assif, restoivd from the plans and elevations of Lepsius. A tomb near the Valley of the Queens, at Thebes, has a stronglymarked elliptical vault (Fig. 49). Finally, the inverted segmental arch is not unknown. It isfound employed in a fashion which, as described by Prisse,…
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