Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 176
nor less than a variety ofthe sepulchral mound so common in most countries(including, I believe, Hindostan, from whence the Egyp-tians are supposed to have come). Men accustomed toraise these structures for their dead kings or conquerorswould carry the usage with them in their migrations;but… … The Sphinx. Glimpses of the East 143 short conical pyramids. Of these there are several atSakkara, and the materials of some are thrown togetherwithout any order or regularity. The transition fromthis simple form to that of the square angular pyramidwas easy and natural; and it seemed to me that…
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