. A short history of art . we must settle it in our minds that it is but agigantic tomb among many hundreds of smaller ton4>s of thesame description. It was to the others what Cheops was tohis subjects; for Egyptian art, in architecture as in sculp-ture, expressed power and superiority by size. The surroundings of the Pyramids are desert sands, dis-mantled brick walls, human bones bleaching in the sun, anddesolation, which tell us we are in the region of the the eastern f a9ade of each Pyramid was a temple, prob-ably for funeral rites. The world-renowned Sphinx, a figuresixty-five
. A short history of art . we must settle it in our minds that it is but agigantic tomb among many hundreds of smaller ton4>s of thesame description. It was to the others what Cheops was tohis subjects; for Egyptian art, in architecture as in sculp-ture, expressed power and superiority by size. The surroundings of the Pyramids are desert sands, dis-mantled brick walls, human bones bleaching in the sun, anddesolation, which tell us we are in the region of the the eastern f a9ade of each Pyramid was a temple, prob-ably for funeral rites. The world-renowned Sphinx, a figuresixty-five feet high, cut from the solid rock, and representing 12 A SHORT HISTORY OF ART the god Armachis, is about nine hundred feet southeast ofthe Pyramid of Cheops, and is older than the Pyramid Great Pyramid (Cheops), which will serve as an exampleof all the rest, was built in steps, and then covered with asmooth casing from the top down. This casing has disap-peared. The entrance to the Pyramid was originally con-. SECTION OF GREAT PYRAMIDShowing Sepulchral Chambers and Stone Built cealed, and an intricate system of passages was devised todeceive those who might attempt to rob the dead. As typical examples of the second variety of tombs, we maytake those of Beni-Hassan. There are two parts to thesetombs: first, an outer construction of one or more rooms,either built or excavated in the rock. These were used asplaces of assembly for the relatives of the deceased. Second,a well opening in the floor of one of these rooms, and leading
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