Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 79
h the length of the monarchs reign under whom itwas erected. We here quote his words :— It occurred to me thatthe whole building had proceeded from a small pyramid, which hadbeen erected in stages of about 40 feet high, and then first increasedand heightened simultaneously on all sides, by… … PYRAMID ACCORDING TO LEPSIUS. A Sepulchral chamber. B, C, C Sizes of pyramid according to length of reign. explains the enormous magnitude of particular pyramids, besides somany other smaller ones. Each king began the building of hispyramid as soon as he ascended the throne; he only designed asmall…
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