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 74
all of worked stonesbacked the whole on the east side (b). Each layer ofstone was narrower than the one below it, and the whole dam formed a sort ofimmense staircase. Thirty-two of these steps stillexist out of the originalthirty-five, and about one-fourth of the barrage is still standing at the… … 51.—Dyke at WadyGerraweh. Fig. 52.—Section of Dyke atWady Gerraweh. 48 ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. Most of the localities from which Egypt obtainedher metals and valuable stone were difficult of access,and the mines would have proved useless had not theEgyptians constructed roads and rendered…
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