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 40
The householdfire was on theground floor. Thehearth was hol-lowed out of theearthen floor,usually to one sideof the room, and the smoke escaped through a holein the ceiling ; branches of trees, charcoal, and driedcakes of ass or cow dung were used for fuel. AtAbydos, in the primitive Thinite town,… … Fig. II.—Mansion with granaries, from thetomb of Anna, Eighteenth Dynasty. the great and wealthy covered a considerable area ;they generally stood in the midst of a garden orof a courtyard planted with trees, and like the M ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. houses of the middle classes crenellated…
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