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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 309

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^mm Fro. 150.—Method of closing a gallery by a stone portcullis; from the fouthern pyramid ofDashour. Drawn in perspective from the plans and elevations of Perring. result, and even supposing that they expended considerable timeand trouble in the search, they might easily have failed topenetrate… … Fig. 151.—Portcullis closed. Another incfenious arrangement which demands our notice isthat of those discharging chambers to which we have alreadyalluded. These chambers were explored, not without trouble, Du Barry de Merval, Etiides sur TArchitechire Egyptiemie, ])p. 129, 130. The Tomb under the…

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