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Identifier: dawnofcivilizati01masp (find matches)
Title: The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: Civilization
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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alabaster statue op khephren.*
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374 THE MEMPniTE EMPIRE. hollowed in the rock, but surmounted by a pointed roof of fine limestone slabs.The sarcophagus was of granite, and, like that of Kheops, bore neither the nameof a king nor the representation of a god. The cover was fitted so firmly to the trough that the Arabs could not succeed in detaching it whenthey rifled the tomb in the year 1200 of our era ; they were,/ iNt1 T^) therefore, compelled to break through one of the sides with a * %T \ nammer before they could reach the coffin and take from itthe mummy of the Pharaoh.1 Of Khephrens sons, Menkaûrî(Mykerinos), who was his successor, could scarcelydream of excelling his father and grandfather;2his pyramid, the Supreme—Him3—barelyattained an elevation of 216 feet, and wasexceeded in height by those which werebuilt at a later date.4 Up to one-fourthof its height it was faced with syenite,and the remainder, up to the summit,with limestone.5 For lack of time,doubtless, the dressing of the granitewas not complete

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