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Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Gaston Camille Charles Maspero
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CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

ARCHITECTURE--CIVIL AND MILITARY.

§ 1. HOUSES:--Bricks and Brickmaking--Foundations--Materials--Towns--
Plans--Decoration

§ 2. FORTRESSES:--Walls--Plans--Migdols, etc.

§ 3. PUBLIC WORKS:--Roads--Bridges--Storehouses--Canals--Lake Moeris--
Dams--Reservoirs--Quarries


CHAPTER II.

RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE.

§ 1. MATERIALS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION:--Materials of Temples--
Foundations of Temples--Sizes of Blocks--Mortars--Mode of hoisting
Blocks--Defective Masonry--Walls--Pavements--Vaultings--Supports--
Pillars and Columns--Capitals--Campaniform Capitals--Lotus-bud
Capitals--Hathor-headed Capitals

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