Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 23
ERS OF ARCHITECTURE Of an(n(;iit buildings, the only ones which have come down to usin any sort of preservation are the temples built for the religious wor-ship of the various peoples. All their domestic architecture wasevidently of such an ephemeral character that it has long since dis-appeared.… … Fig. 31. Egyptian Rock-Ciit Temple. wise never have invented for their ordinary shelters, or even for thepalaces of their kings and rulers, the impressive forms that have sur-vived. But, more than this, we know that many of the different partsof architecture had at one time a direct religious…
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