5, 5. 5 In a tale translated by M. Maspero {£tudes Egyptiennes, 1879, p. 10), a princessis shut up in a house of which the windows are 70 cubits (about 105 feet) above theground. She is to be given to him who is bold and skilful enough to scale herwindows. Such a height must therefore have seemed… … 1 10. 12. —Lirdb-eye view of a villa, restored by Ch. Cliipiez. The Egyptian House. When a man was at all easy in his circumstances he chose for hisdwellinsf a house in which all eleo;ance and artistic elaboration wasreserved for himself—a bare wall was turned to the noise of thestreet. Houses…
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