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Architecture (1914)

D'Anvers, N., -1933 · London : T.C. & E.C. Jack ; New York : Dodge Pub. Co. · leaf 13

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the sides of the mountains of Nubia, of which the best example is the larger of the two at Ipsambul, specially noteworthy for the huge seated figure of the monarch for whom it was built, the great Rameses II, guarding the entrance to it. The tombs of the Theban rulers, like the Nubian temples, were… … Tomb at Beni Hassan alternating with large rooms, leading to the actual sepulchral chamber. Of considerably later date than any of the buildings referred to above are the temples of Denderah, Edfou, and Philae, erected after the conquest of Egypt by the Greeks, but they all resemble those of the…

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