The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 41
... remains of buildings . About thirty - eight miles above Cairo , on the east bank ( No. 4. ) , are the mounds of Aphroditopolis ; and on the opposite bank a false pyramid . Three miles further , on the east bank , the walls of an ancient ...
... remains of buildings . About thirty - eight miles above Cairo , on the east bank ( No. 4. ) , are the mounds of Aphroditopolis ; and on the opposite bank a false pyramid . Three miles further , on the east bank , the walls of an ancient ...
Page 42
... remains of other stone buildings . Mensheeh ( No. 19. ) Fig . 67 TEMPIK AT TENTYRIS . ( Ptolemais Hermii ) , on the west bank , from whence three hours ' ride to Abydus ( now Arabat el Matfoon ) , where are two temples and many tombs ...
... remains of other stone buildings . Mensheeh ( No. 19. ) Fig . 67 TEMPIK AT TENTYRIS . ( Ptolemais Hermii ) , on the west bank , from whence three hours ' ride to Abydus ( now Arabat el Matfoon ) , where are two temples and many tombs ...
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... remains of their buildings still existing show , from their construction , that they are coeval with the walls of Tiryns , Mycena ( figs . 9. and 10. ) , and other works of a very early age ; and it is our own opinion that the wandering ...
... remains of their buildings still existing show , from their construction , that they are coeval with the walls of Tiryns , Mycena ( figs . 9. and 10. ) , and other works of a very early age ; and it is our own opinion that the wandering ...
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