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 60
ame system of fortification employed for fortresses was alsoemployed for thedefence of towns.Everywhere, atHeHopolis, at San,at Sais, and atThebes, the wallsare straight, withouttowers or bastions :they form either asquare or an elon-gated parallelogram,without foss or out-posts. The thick-ness of… … Fig. 35. -Plan of the walled citv at El Kab. 34 ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. and inscriptions, as, for instance, the door at Ombos,which ChampoUion saw yet in situ, and which datedfrom the reign of Thothmes III. The oldest and best preserved walled cit} in Egypt,El Kab, dates back to the…
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