de ; a flight of steps before the door. ^ QUINTUS CURTIUS, V. I, 12 7. ■ Wilkinson, The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, vol. i.P- 377- VOL. If. F 34 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. roof supported by slender columns of brilliantly painted wood.This open story is well shown in Fig. i… … Fig. 13.—Model of an Egyptian house ; Louvre. establish a current of air, and to ventilate the house (Fig. 19).Sometimes one part of a house was higher than the rest, forminga kind of tower (Fig. 20). Finally, some houses were crownedwith a parapet finishing at the top in a row of rounded…
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