The treasury of ancient Egypt; miscellaneous chapters on ancient Egyptian history and archæology (1911)
Weigall, Arthur Edward Pearse Brome, 1880-1934 · Edinburgh London, W. Blackwood and sons · leaf 318
themselves not on the offi-cial directly but on the monuments which he isknown to love. Two years ago a native illegallybuilt himself a house on Government ground, andI was obliged to go through the formality ofpulling it down, which I did by obliging him toremove a few layers of brickwork around… … {Photo by /■:. Bird. A modirn Goiirnawi betfgar. Pl. XXIV. Theban Thieves. 251 destroyed; and there was enough evidence toshow that the owner of this house was the cul-prit, though unfortunately he could not be con-victed. One man actually had the audacity towarn me that any severity on my part…
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