Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 42
opian 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 and flatceilings. They uniformly facethe… … FIG. 3.—PLAN OF SPHINX TEMPLE. lO HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. also scenes of festivity or worship were carved and paintedon its walls to minister to his happiness in his incorporeallife. The serdabs, or secret inner chambers, of which therewere several in each mastaba, contained statues of the…
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