Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 85
was different to most ofthe Pharaohs. His mummified remains are now in theBritish jMuseum. The Sphinx, or man-headed lion, carvedout of the solid rock, is near the Great Pyramid, and issupposed to be the work of a much earlier period (Fig. 91). The Fifth Dynasty (B.C. 3566-3300) is not an… … l.ij. 89.—The Stepped Pyramid. (P. & C.) Supposed to be the most ancient building in Egypt. From the Seventh to the Eleventh Dynasty (B.C. 3100-2466) is a period whose history is almost lost. It meant
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