Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . d-stone, granite, and alabaster mixed with it weregenerally brought from some ruined temple. TheEgyptians of those days had no more scruple thanthose of the present timein despoiling their ruinedand neglected houses of an ancientEgyptian town were clusteredround its temple, and thetemple stood in a rectangularenclosure to which accesswas obtained through im-posing gateways in the sur-rounding brick wall. Thegods dwelt in fortifiedmansions or redoubts, towhich the p
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . d-stone, granite, and alabaster mixed with it weregenerally brought from some ruined temple. TheEgyptians of those days had no more scruple thanthose of the present timein despoiling their ruinedand neglected houses of an ancientEgyptian town were clusteredround its temple, and thetemple stood in a rectangularenclosure to which accesswas obtained through im-posing gateways in the sur-rounding brick wall. Thegods dwelt in fortifiedmansions or redoubts, towhich the people of the place might fly for safety in the event of any suddenattack upon their town. Such towns as were builtall at one period by prince or king were fairlyregular in plan, having wide paved streets at rightangles to each other, with a stone channel down themiddle to carry off water and drainage, and thebuildings in line (fig. 3). Cities whose growth hadbeen determined by the chances and changes of cen-turies were characterised by no such regularity. Theirhouses stood in a maze of blind alleys, and narrow,. Fig. 2.—House with vaultediloors, against the northernwall of the great temple ofMedinet Habu. 8 ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. dark strangling streets, with here and there thebranch of a canal, almost dried up during the greaterpart of the }ear, and a muddy pond where the cattledrank and the women came for water. Somewhere 7 ; 7500.
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