Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 444
of Khonsare to be found in even the largest temples. The second hypostylehall is however much larger and the chambers to which it givesaccess much more numerous. It is not easy to determine theobject of each of these small apartments ; in the Pharaonic templesthey are usually in very bad condition,… … Fig. 211.—Granite tabernacle : in the Louvre. passages contrived in the thickness of the walls. The stonewhich stopped the opening into these passages seems to havebeen manipulated by some secret mechanism.^ Some of thesacred images and such emblems as were made of preciousmaterials were kept in…
Art -- Egypt History · Egypt -- Antiquities
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