Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 334
ich weregenerally constructed with nogreat care, were for the mostpart without casing. The pyra-midal form was given by settingeach course of bricks slightlyback from the one below it.When this part of the work wasfinished, each face was covered, as a rule, with a coat of rough concrete, which, in… … ■t Fig. 163.—Section of the above tomb. 246 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. As these tombs were all upon the surface of the ground theyhave suffered more than any others from the attacks of man.Those which are reproduced among these lines of text wereonly recovered by Mariette by dint of patient…
Art -- Egypt History · Egypt -- Antiquities
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