The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ?> ?~^ ^^^[l^f^tt ^oiOl^eOl;-^^ M!iy!^5H^liri3dl^i^c^te%k \ •. Uq|]f^<|<^| k ^^ll^l^^i ^: ifi$t4r^^^^i?i^l^^:^^SSa44 M^^aSl^!l5l4J:5^M-()^^^Ci^ 550 TEE CLOSE OF THE THE BAN EMPIRE. the branches of the Bab el-Moluk valley, the plan of construction which they chosewas an exact copy of that employed by the Memphites and earlier Thebans,and they hollowed out for themselves in the mountain-side a buryiug-place onthe same lines as those formerly emf)loyed within the pyramidal relative positions of the tunnelled tombs al
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ?> ?~^ ^^^[l^f^tt ^oiOl^eOl;-^^ M!iy!^5H^liri3dl^i^c^te%k \ •. Uq|]f^<|<^| k ^^ll^l^^i ^: ifi$t4r^^^^i?i^l^^:^^SSa44 M^^aSl^!l5l4J:5^M-()^^^Ci^ 550 TEE CLOSE OF THE THE BAN EMPIRE. the branches of the Bab el-Moluk valley, the plan of construction which they chosewas an exact copy of that employed by the Memphites and earlier Thebans,and they hollowed out for themselves in the mountain-side a buryiug-place onthe same lines as those formerly emf)loyed within the pyramidal relative positions of the tunnelled tombs along the valley were not deter-mined by any order of rank or of succession to the throne; ^ each Pharaoh afterKamses I. set to work on that part of the rock where the character of the stonefavoured his purpose, and displayed so little respect for his predecessors, thatthe workmen, after having tunnelled a gallery, were often obliged to abandon italtogether, or to change the direction of their excavations so as to avoid piercinga neighbouring tomb.^ The architects design was usually a mere projectwhich could be modifi
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