Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ^^^yrr^^-rrro^. Fig. 44.—Elevation of pavilion, Medinet Habi stone, which averages 13 feet in height. In themiddle of the wall is the gateway, protected by ahuge quadrangular bastion. This is 6 feet 8 inchesbroad, flanked by two small oblong guardrooms, 40 ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. the roofs of which are about 3 feet higher thanthe coping of the ramparts. Having entered thisgateway, we are actually face to face with a blocks of masonry, themselves the basement
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . ^^^yrr^^-rrro^. Fig. 44.—Elevation of pavilion, Medinet Habi stone, which averages 13 feet in height. In themiddle of the wall is the gateway, protected by ahuge quadrangular bastion. This is 6 feet 8 inchesbroad, flanked by two small oblong guardrooms, 40 ARCHITECTURE—CIVIL AND MILITARY. the roofs of which are about 3 feet higher thanthe coping of the ramparts. Having entered thisgateway, we are actually face to face with a blocks of masonry, themselves the basement oftowers, enclose a court which is narrowed by succes-sive projections of the masonry. These blocks arefinally united by a building two stories high, whichforms a lofty gateway. The eastern faces of thetowers are on a sloping substructure about 16 feethigh. This was built with two objects in view, firstto increase the strength of the wall at a point whereit was possible to sap it, and also because projectilesflung from the battlements would rebound against theslope and keep assailants at a distance. The totalheight is abou
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