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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 287

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in Ancient Egypt, seem to counterpoise and sustain each other in a fashion which isimpossible in the case of the tetrahedron. The one characteristic possessed in common by those rehcs ofthe Ancient Empire which we call pyramids, is their four-sided-ness. To an attentive observer these buildings… … M y ii]ii||i I I, IP I I. :• IA.f ill, I III - i-i :. K|•i>mi 1 m llll-^ . I > < •.(\\ ■;■;/.■■ I : .1 --^ Cl I Fjg. 128.—Plan of the Pyramid of Cheops. be called the northern and southern boundaries of the pyramidfield, about one hundred have been discovered, sixty-seven ofwhich have been…

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