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 58
irectly on the sand, and no- THE SECOND FORTRESS OF ABVDOS. 31 where are they more than a foot below the surface.The wall (fig. 30) is of crude brick laid in horizontalcourses. It has a slight batter, is solid without loop-holes of any sort, and ispanelled outside with verticalangulatcd grooves… … Fig. 30.—Walls of second fortat Abydos, restored. son against any escalade byportable ladders. The thick-ness of the wall is about 20 feet at the base, andabout 16 feet at the top. The upper part is entirelydestroyed, but figured representations (fig. 31) showthat such walls were sometimes left…
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