Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942 · Chicago, Edinburgh, McClurg · leaf 133
THE ARCHITECTURE of all Egyptian buildings (see fig. 83). The inside faces are always vertical, and this serves to distin- guish the meaning of small portions of wall in excavations. Slight structures were made of palm-sticks, set … ends of the palm-sticks nod over, and form a fence to keep out intruders. This row of tops is the origin of the stone cavetto cornice, which always stands free above the level of the roof. At the corners the structure of palm- stick was strengthened by a bundle of sticks or reeds lashed round, and…
Art, Egyptian · Industrial arts
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