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 183
of Saqqara, it is a cumulative 156 TOMBS. mastaba. The entrance is on the north, about 53 feetabo\e the sand (fig. 149). At a distance of 60 feet thepassage enters the rock. At 174 feet it runs levelfor 40 feet, when it stops and rises perpendicularlyfor 21 feet, and then opens on the floor of the… … Fig. 148.—Pyramid of RIedum. built against the eastern slope of the pyramid re-mains intact. Thus by the time of the Fourth Dynasty the royaltomb, like the mastaba, consisted of three parts, thechapel, the passage, and the vault, but on a specialplan of which the ordinary tomb gives no idea.There…
Art
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
