. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ourt ;and over this and the chambers were the apartments of the upper story. On each side ofthe sitting-room was a door opening on to the street. Of course there were houses onother plans, which are given by Wilkinson ; but the above conveys a sufficient idea oftheir general distribution. On the tops of the houses were terraces, serving as well forrepose as exercise. The walls and ceilings were richly painted, and the latter were formedinto compartm
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ourt ;and over this and the chambers were the apartments of the upper story. On each side ofthe sitting-room was a door opening on to the street. Of course there were houses onother plans, which are given by Wilkinson ; but the above conveys a sufficient idea oftheir general distribution. On the tops of the houses were terraces, serving as well forrepose as exercise. The walls and ceilings were richly painted, and the latter were formedinto compartments with appropriate borders. Some of their villas were on a verv laieescale, and were laid out with spacious gardens, watered by canals communicating with tlieNile. 91. We close this section with a list of the principal ancient remains in Egypt (for whichwe are indebted to the Handbook, ISiS, by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson), wliose situations aremarked on the accompanying map (/!(/. 66. ). At HeliopoVis, modern name Matarefah(No. 1.), a little to the north of Cairo, the obelisk of O^irtasen I., aiiil the remains of walls Chap. II. EGYPTIAN. 41. Fig. B6. MAP OF THE SILB. and houses. Near C;iiio, on the vistbank, the pyramids {fifl. 4fi.) of Geezeh( No 2.\ Sakkarah and AtMitrahenny, on the east l)ank ( No. 3.),a colossus of Hamests II.; the moundsof Memphis, fragments of statues, andreniriins of buildings. Ahout thirty-eijiht miles above Cairo, are the moundsof Aphroditopolis (No. 4.); a! i bank a false pyramid. •eventy-three miles on the west bank isBenisomf (No. o.), where a road leadsto the Fyoom ; a pyrduiid at Illa-hoon (No. 6.), another at Hawaridiand traces of the Labyrinth ; an obeliskof Osiitascn I. at Biggij;; with ruinsnear Lake Moeris, and at Kasr el Kha-roon ( No. 8.). Mounds at Aboo Giigeli(No. 9.), from whence a road to Oxy-riiinchus {Behnesa) (No. 10.), wheieare mounds but no ruins. At Gebel elJayr is an underground church. Eightmil
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