Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 116
e is still standing in the midst ofthe plains of Matariyeh (Fig. 177). It is ofred granite from Syene; it measures 66 feetin height, and the point was crowned by apyramidium in copper which was still inexistence in the fourteenth century of ourera. The type of the obelisk as guardian of thetemple,… … FKi. ^-(). — .\ HII.LAR AT KAKNAK. (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT
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