Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892 · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel & Company · leaf 160
RCHEOLOGY. 144 structed in rough-hewn stones, leads up from the plain to the entrance of the tomb. At Beni Hassan and Thebes, these steps are either destroyed or buried in sand ; but recent excavations have brought to light a well-preserved example leading up to a tomb at Assouan.* The funeral… … Fig. 146. have porticoes, the pillars, bases, and entablatures, being all cut in the rock ; those of Amoni and Khnumhotep have porticoes supported on two polygonal columns (fig. * The steps are shown in fig. 146. They were discovered by General Sir F. Grenfell in 1885. Noting the remains of two…
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