Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 58
ps (Fig. 74) to 62 feetin that of Unas: but whateverthe individual dimensions, thegeneral plan was marked outonce for all before the workwas begun, and the architectproposed to carry it en withoutmodification to the end. It didsometimes happen, however,that it was altered in the courseof building,… … 41 -PLAN OF IHK TUMH OF TI.(After Mariette.) ART IN EGYPT r h >^^ i Cheops seems to have been built uninterruptedly on the site ofan earlier tomb, the materials of which it absorbed in its roughmasonry. This was afterwards coveredwith a facing of nassive blocks (Fig. 75).These modifications in…
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