Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 291
usted to the same hands.The reigning king, so long as he was not too sternly reminded ofthe end by disease or the infirmities of age, must have felt greatreluctance to order the cessation of the work which had gone onunder his own eye for so many years, or to arrest that course of shown in the… … the stones were finally placed. He cites Herodotus (ii. 125) as conveying in animperfect form the tradition that the pyramids were constructed from above. The Tomb under the Ancient EiMpire. 203 development which, after being a continual source of pride andpleasure to himself, might end in giC^ing…
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