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A text-book of the history of architecture (1904)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 42

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variety both of type and material. AtSakkarah is one 190 feet high,constructed in six unequal stepson a slightly oblong base measur-ing nearly 400 X 357 feet. It wasattributed by Mariette to Ouene-phes, of the first dynasty, thoughnow more generally ascribed toVj WMM * , Senefrou of the third. At… … FIG. 2.—SECTION OF KINGsCHAMBER. the Ethiopian dynasties of theDecadence. A number ofpyramids are built of brick. TOMBS. The Ancient Em-pire has also left us a greatnumber of tombs of the typeknown as Mas tab as. Theseare oblong rectangular struct-ures of stone or brick withslightly inclined sides…

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