Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 168
touche; a cell cutout towards the end, inthe left wall, formed akind of serdab. The en-trance is on the east, butthe axis of the passagesand rooms deviates con-tinuously to the left insuch a manner as tobring back the coffin tothe west by a kind ofimperfect arc of a circle,and the same… … 2>S2.—THK KlMi (. HAKcilNCi (Ostrakon in theMuseum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT and the descending staircases led to asquare well, generally some 30 feet deep,designed not only to check the advanceof the violators of tombs, but to receivewater that might invade them duringstorms.…
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