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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 339

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. Most of the tombs have but one ^ All these steles are figured in the last work published by Mariette, the Cataloguegeneral des Motntmeuts dAbydos, dcco^iverts pendant les Foiiilles dc ecttc Mile, i vol.4to. Paris, 1880. VOL. I. K K 250 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. chamber, but a few have… … Fig. i66.—Fa9ade of a tomb at Beni-Hassaii. The chamber upon which the portico opens is the funerarychapel, the place of reunion for the friends and relations of thedead. As Mariette very truly remarks, from the first step whichthe traveller makes in the tomb of Numhotep at Beni-Hassan,he perceives…

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