Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Bucknall, Benjamin, d. 1895 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 119
DWELLINGS OF THE EGYPTIANS. tained rare plants growing in boxes, to preserve them from the scorching heat of the sun or shelter them from the wind of the desert which, when it blew, speedily dried up the leaves and flowers. The gardens and dwellings, invariably placed on the banks of the river or… … and two chambers H ana I with beds. A flight of | .... 1 ... . \ w"" Stairs OUtside made Of WOod Plan of Egyptian Rural DwelIing.-FiG.33. gives access to the terrace. Figure 34 presents a bird's eye view of this dwelling. Four poles, fixed in fastenings left in the wall, allow the placing of an…
Dwellings
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