Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 268
iii. pi. 44). The Tomb under the Ancip:nt Empire. 179 which they both contained were in continual danger from care-less or malicious hands. It was to guard against such chancesas these that the inventive architects of Egypt contrived a saferetreat in the heart of the massive structure which should… … -,—.^-i/ Fig. 118.—Transverse section through the chamber. the tangible body, to which that phantom was obliged to attachhimself unless he wished to perish entirely. These precautions were not ill conceived. The serdab keptefficient guard over its deposit; the museum of Boulak con-tains at least a…
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