with a porch supported by two pillars, with lotusflower capitals, to which banners were tied upon fete days(Fig. 22). Sometimes the name of the proprietor, sometimesa hospitable sentiment, was inscribed upon the lintel (Fig. 23). The Egyptian House. 35 Egyptian houses were built of crude bricks… … Fig. iS.—Piece of furniture in the form of a house ; Louvre. Doors and windows opened generally in the middle. Theyopened inwards, and were fastened by means of bolts and latches.Some of them had wooden locks like those which are still in use
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