. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 9.—AscKNniNOGallery in thb GUEAT FvliAMlU. Pi_ ilG. 10.—TuR Chamber in thk Pyramid ov Cbfbben at Giz£H. .«!^, ^- i^. .^1i¥ . r-tn M i*ilWa!(S,,1!iilll|i|;lll!jii^ 1 ,^^. ^ Pig. U.—Thb Cokstrtjctiom of the Kings Chajiber in thb Great PrKAsriD. C 2 20 ANCIENT AnCIllTECTUIlE. most beautiful mathematical accuracy. The chief interestattaching to the pyramids lies in their extreme antiquity,and the scientific method of their construction; for theireffect upon the spectator is by no means proportionate totheir immense mass and the labour
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 9.—AscKNniNOGallery in thb GUEAT FvliAMlU. Pi_ ilG. 10.—TuR Chamber in thk Pyramid ov Cbfbben at Giz£H. .«!^, ^- i^. .^1i¥ . r-tn M i*ilWa!(S,,1!iilll|i|;lll!jii^ 1 ,^^. ^ Pig. U.—Thb Cokstrtjctiom of the Kings Chajiber in thb Great PrKAsriD. C 2 20 ANCIENT AnCIllTECTUIlE. most beautiful mathematical accuracy. The chief interestattaching to the pyramids lies in their extreme antiquity,and the scientific method of their construction; for theireffect upon the spectator is by no means proportionate totheir immense mass and the labour bestowed upon them. In the neighbourhood of the pyramids are found a largenumber of tombs which are supposed to be those of privatepersons. Their form is generally that of a mastaha ortruncated pyramid with sloping walls, and their construc-tion is evidently copied from a fashion of Avooden arclii-tecture previously existing. The same idea of making aneverlasting habitation for the body ^jrevailed as in thecase of the pyramids, and stone was therefore the materialemployed; but the builders seem to have desired to indulgein a decorative style, and as they were totally unable tooriginate a legitimate stone architecture, we f
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