Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 56
ccessivestoreys. The monument is known at present as the Step Pyramid,but it is not a true Pyramid. When he ordered his architectsto undertake it, Zoser wanted a tomb superior to those of hispredecessors, and even to the one he was preparing at Bet-Khallaf, on the ancient plan. Now the slopes of… … FIG. 63. —STELE-nOOR OF MHKRA(Museum, Cairo.) (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT Xi general use at this period were used. It was to obviate thisdanger that they were compressed between the four graduatedfacings; these, buttressing them and each other, ensured thestabiHty of the whole. This elevated…
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