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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 270

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hout ornament or inscription. Ofall those explored by him Mariette found but one which had itswalls ornamented ; in the middle of its decorations, which hedoes not describe, he contrived to make out a few phrases whichseemed to belong to the Ritual of the Dead. The sarcophagus was placed in one… … Fig. 121.—The upper chamber,well, and mummy chamber.^ ^ This figure is a composition by Mariette for the purpose of showing the relationbetween the subterranean and constructed parts of the tomb. {^Noticedes principauxMonuments, p. 22.) [It shows, however, the well opening from the floor of…

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