Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 136.—Plan of serdab andchapel in mastaba of Ra-hotep at Saqqara, FourthDynasty. Fig. of serdaband chapel in mastaba ofThenti I., at Saqqara,Fourth Dynasty. of his servants occupied with their various domesticduties, grinding corn, kneading bread, or sealing upthe wine-jars. The figures that were painted on thechapel walls were detached and assumed a solid formin the serdab. All these precautions did not prevent every possiblemeans being adopted to preserve what
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 136.—Plan of serdab andchapel in mastaba of Ra-hotep at Saqqara, FourthDynasty. Fig. of serdaband chapel in mastaba ofThenti I., at Saqqara,Fourth Dynasty. of his servants occupied with their various domesticduties, grinding corn, kneading bread, or sealing upthe wine-jars. The figures that were painted on thechapel walls were detached and assumed a solid formin the serdab. All these precautions did not prevent every possiblemeans being adopted to preserve what remained ofthe actual body from decay and from damage byspoilers. In the tomb of Ti a steep passage-wayfrom the centre of the principal chamber leads to thevault, but this is very exceptional. The entrance to THE VAULT. 145 the vault is usually a vertical shaft, which descendsfrom the centre of the platform (f\g. 138), or morerarely from a corner of the chapel. The depth variesfrom 10 to 100 feet, the shaft is carried down throughthe masonry into the rock, when it opens on thesouth side into a corridor so low
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