Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 304
called byArabs the Haram-el-Kabbab, or the false pyramid. It is, infact, not so much a pyramid, strictly speaking, as a mass formedof three square towers with slightly inclined sides superimposedone upon the other, the second being less in area than the first,and the third than the second. The… … FiG. 146,—The Pyramid of Meidoum ; from Perrinsj. which were opened and examined by Mariette, this is the tombof Snefrou I., one of the greatest kings of the third dynasty.^ The Mastabat-el-Faraoun or Seat of Pharaoh, as the Arabscall it, is a huge rectangular mass with sloping sides; it is about66…
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