. A history of art in ancient Egypt . JJ ZO JO *o So Fig. 143.—Section of the Stepped Pyramid at Sakkarah ; from Lepsius.^ Do these parallel walls reach from top to bottom ? A detaildiscovered by Minutoli would seem to indicate that a base wasfirst constructed of sufficient extent for the whole monument. Inthe lower part of the Stepped Pyramid Minutoli^ shows concave. Fig, 144.—Construction of the Pyramid of Abousir in parallel layers; transverse section inperspective from the geometrical section of Lepsius.^ courses of stone laid out to the segment of a circle. Thesecourses formed a kind of i
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . JJ ZO JO *o So Fig. 143.—Section of the Stepped Pyramid at Sakkarah ; from Lepsius.^ Do these parallel walls reach from top to bottom ? A detaildiscovered by Minutoli would seem to indicate that a base wasfirst constructed of sufficient extent for the whole monument. Inthe lower part of the Stepped Pyramid Minutoli^ shows concave. Fig, 144.—Construction of the Pyramid of Abousir in parallel layers; transverse section inperspective from the geometrical section of Lepsius.^ courses of stone laid out to the segment of a circle. Thesecourses formed a kind of inverted vault, abutting, at its edges, upon ^ Fig. 5 of his paper, Ueber den Ban der Pyramiden. 2 Voyage an Temple de Jupiter Ammo7i et dans la Haute-Egyte. (Berlin, 1824,4to. and folio; pi. xxvii. fig. 3.) 3 Fig. 8 of his paper, Ueber den Ban der Pyramiden. 2 14 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. the rock. This curious arrangement should be studied upon thespot by some competent observer. As we do not know whetherthese curves exist upon each face or not, or whether they meeteach other and penetrate deeply into the structure or not, we cannotsay what their purpose may have been. But however this maybe, they afford another argument against the notion that all thegreat pyramids were built round such a pyramidoid core as thatrepresented by our Fig. 136. We fear
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