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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 42

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, the illumination of the temple is far frombrilliant, in its more sacred parts it is almost as dark as the tomb.Prayers could be said to Osiris without inconvenience by thescanty daylight which found its way through the narrow doorwayof the sepulchral chapel, but the active pleasures of life…

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