gs that the Egyptians chieflyemployed arches. Such structures were looked upon as lesssacred, less monumental than those in which stone was used,and a process might therefore be admitted which would beexcluded from the latter. We shall here give several examplesof the Egyptian arch and its… … Fic 44.—Arcli in the necropolis of Ahydos ;comiminicated by Mariette. The Arch. 79 of tombs, while those left to us by the eighteenth dynasty and itssuccessors are of vast dimensions, such as the great Thebantemples, and have annexes comprising buildings erected for a vastvariety of purposes.…
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