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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 243

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ive jambs surmounted bythe usual cavetto, and then anoblong hall open to the sky,enclosed by a variable numberof columns in pairs, connectedby low walls with the uraeuscornice; instead of an archi-trave there was a series of divineemblems, probably the falconsor hawks of Horus, for whichthe cubes… … ?I(t. 42f). — PROXAOS OF the: TKMPI.E OFDKR-EL-MEDINET. (Phot. Beato.) known to menow exist,the arrangement of the chapelshad been regularised, andthe result was a very sensibleamelioration in the dispositionof the sanctuary. The Hollof the Sacred Boat, formerlya room open at either end,lost its…

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