Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 182
he wallswhere they are broken shows that the external face STEP PYRAMID OF SAQQARA. ^S of each step has two coverings, each with its regularrevetment. The building forms a solid mass, andthe chambers are cut out in the rock below thepyramid. The most important of the four entrancesis on the north… … 147.—Step p3Tamid of Saqq? to contain the most valuable objects of the funeraryoutfit. The stone pyramid of Zowyet el Aryan has recentlybeen examined by Dr. Reisner, and proves to bealso a step pyramid, apparently of the ThirdDynasty. The next advance we note in this development ofthe royal tombs…
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