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 197
and rarely high enough to allow aman to stand upright inside: on this base is a pointed I70 TOMBS. pyramid, which varies from 12 to 30 feet in height, covered on the outsidewith a coat of plaster andpainted white. Owing tothe poor quahty of theground it was impossible toexcavate a burial… … Fig. 155.—Section of vaultedbrick pyramid, Abydos. more usually the lomb chamber is constructed partly
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