Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 268
o the farthest recesses,and have discovered thosesecrets of the massive walls which their constructor thought to hide for ever from the eyeof man. But even yet we have not arrived at the actual placeof burial; we shall reach it, however, through our third internaldivision, the well or pit. The well… … FiG. 119.—Transverse section through theserdabs. i8o A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. platform, or roof, of the mastaba (Fig. 122). As there was neverany staircase to a mastaba either within or without, it will be seenthat the well must have been a very inaccessible part of the tomb.In one single…
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