An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick , of a triangular form suited to the ecess made for its reception . This block , in its appearance , resembles the green basalt of Egypt . Fig . 13 . GATE OF THE LIONS . 35. In this place we ...
... base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick , of a triangular form suited to the ecess made for its reception . This block , in its appearance , resembles the green basalt of Egypt . Fig . 13 . GATE OF THE LIONS . 35. In this place we ...
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... base to the summit touches the edge of each step . So great a difference exists in the measures given in the ... base . No. of steps . Height . Authors . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . Strabo - 600 - Diodorus - 700 - 852 Eng . ft . - 666 ...
... base to the summit touches the edge of each step . So great a difference exists in the measures given in the ... base . No. of steps . Height . Authors . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . Strabo - 600 - Diodorus - 700 - 852 Eng . ft . - 666 ...
Page 34
... base of 707 ft . and a height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and ...
... base of 707 ft . and a height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and ...
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... base is 25 ft . , and it diminishes to 15 ft . at the platform . Towers , at intervals of about 200 paces , are 40 ft . square at the base , and 30 ft . at the top ; their height is about 37 ft .; some of them , however , are 48 ft ...
... base is 25 ft . , and it diminishes to 15 ft . at the platform . Towers , at intervals of about 200 paces , are 40 ft . square at the base , and 30 ft . at the top ; their height is about 37 ft .; some of them , however , are 48 ft ...
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... base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu- ment appeared an enormous cube , with small altars covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place ...
... base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu- ment appeared an enormous cube , with small altars covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place ...
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