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 53
-asties. As regards thedomestic architec-ture of the OldKingdom, the actualremains are few.Vestiges of thepoorer houses of theOld Kingdom werefound at Koptos.There the brickflooring was raisedabove the damp ofthe basal clay, bybeing laid on rows ofinverted cylindricalpots of rough ware.There is… … Fig. 27.—Door of a house of the OldKingdom, from the wall of a tomb ofthe Sixth Dynast)-. MODELS OF HOUSES. 27 the royal tombs were supported on great woodenbeams nearly 20 feet in length. The stone roofingin several mastabas at Saqqara of the Fifth Dynastyis carved to imitate a roofing of beams.…
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