Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 326
be found. The Tomb under the Ancient Empire. 237 their civilization lasted. In the plain they were above the level ofthe highest inundations, and their gentle slope gave easy access tothe western plateau. The great Sphinx, the image of Harmachis,or the Rising Sun, was placed at the threshold of the… … Fig. 156.—Plan of the Pyramids of Gizeh and of that part of the necropolis which immediately surrounds them. His head alone now rises above the sand, but in the days ofHerodotus his vast bulk, cut from a rock nearly 70 feet high,was well calculated to prepare the eye of the traveller for the…
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