Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 333
t at all, anduniformly built of crude brick. Thesepyramids always stand upon a plinth,they are hollow, and within they areformed into a clumsy cupola by meansof roughly built off-sets. The pyramidstands directly over a chamber in its foundations which sheltersthe mummy. As soon as the latter was in… … Fig. 161.- -Section of the abovetomb. The Tomb under the Middle Empire. 245 open, served for the performance of the sepulchral rites; butsometimes this chamber was absent and then those rites werecarried through in the open air, before the stele of the deceased.This latter was sometimes erected…
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