Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 302
JJ ZO JO *o So Fig. 143.—Section of the Stepped Pyramid at Sakkarah ; from Lepsius.^ Do these parallel walls reach from top to bottom ? A detaildiscovered by Minutoli would seem to indicate that a base wasfirst constructed of sufficient extent for the whole monument. Inthe lower part of the Stepped… … Fig, 144.—Construction of the Pyramid of Abousir in parallel layers; transverse section inperspective from the geometrical section of Lepsius.^ courses of stone laid out to the segment of a circle. Thesecourses formed a kind of inverted vault, abutting, at its edges, upon ^ Fig. 5 of his paper,…
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