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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 385

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ofchambers, the whole being covered with painted reliefs. But thistomb is quite exceptional. The great majority, those of Rekhmara,for instance, and others excavated in the hill of Sheikh-Abd-el-Gournak, are composed of two or three chambers at most, unitedby corridors. The mummy pit opens… … Fig. 190.—A tomb of Apis. From Maiiette. 300 feet beyond the chamber without arriving at the mummypit, the air then became too bad for further progress.- The chamber for the funerary celebration is easily recognizedby its decorations. It is sometimes the first, but more often thesecond in order, in…

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