Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 54
this wasimpracticable it was carved on thewest wall, or set against it, and theniche served as serdab for the statuesof the double, these being eitherseparate, or cut in the mass of therock. The hypogeum thus carriedout became a systematised fragmentof a quarry, as at Kom -… … FKi.-I. —I \i V,., i,,,,>i< ,,!■ ATOTI. (Museum Cairo). (Phot. E.Brugsch.J ART IN EGYPT which supported the roofs of houses. The chapels of the princesof Elephantine are veritable temple halls; that of Mekhu (Fig. 69),with its triple row of six columns, its niche, and its stele to whicha…
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