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 184
l enclosing a rectangular temenospaved with large stone slabs. The door was alwaysin the northern face. On three sides of the pyramidlong galleries were dug in the solid rock to containofferings and provisions for the dead king and themembers of his family. As we have seen, the oldest stone pyramid… … Fig. 149.—Section of pas.sage and vault in pyramid of Mediim. or fourteen centuries under government direction.The granite, basalt, and alabaster required for thesarcophagus and for various details of the construc-tion were the only materials of which the use andquantity were not regulated…
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