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bk. ii. ch. y.
INYENTION OF THE AECII.
215
101. Section of Tomb near
the Pyramids of Gizeh.
one of brick construction. Tkere is also every reason to believe that
the apartments of the little pavilion at Medeenet Habu (Wooclcuts
Nos. 32 ancl 33) were covered with semicircular vaults, though these
have now disappearecl.1
In Ethiopia Mr. Hoskins founcl stone arches vaulting the roofs of
the porches to the pyramids, perfect in construction,
and, what is still more singular, showing both cir-
cular and pointed forms (Woodcut No. 105). These,
as before remarked, are probably of the time of
Tirhakah, or at all events not earlier than the
age of Solomon, nor later than that of Cambyses.
In the age of Psammeticus we have severa]
stone arches in the neighbourhoocl of the pyra-
mids • one, in a tomb at Sakkara, has been fre-
quently drawn; but one of the most instructive
is that in a tomb discovered by Colonel Campbell
(Woodcut No. 101), showing a very primitive form of an arch com-
posed of 3 stones only, ancl above which is another arch of regular con-
struction of 4 courses.
In his researches at
Nimroud, Layard clis-
covered vaulted drains
and chambers belowthe
north-west and south-
east ediiices, which were
consequently as old as
the 8th or 9th century
before our era, ancl con-
temporary with those in
the pyramids of Meroe.
They were of both cir-
cular and pointed forms,
and built apparently
with great care ancl at-
tention to the principles
of the arch (Woodcut
Ho. 102).
The great discovery
of this class is that of
the city gates at Ivhors-
abad, which, as meu-
. . , , 102. Vaulted Drain beneath the South-East Palace at Nimroud.
tionecl at p. 181, were
spanned by arches of semicircular form, so perfect both in construction
‘ Manncrs ancl Cusioms of the Egyptians,’ vol, iii. p. 263.
INYENTION OF THE AECII.
215
101. Section of Tomb near
the Pyramids of Gizeh.
one of brick construction. Tkere is also every reason to believe that
the apartments of the little pavilion at Medeenet Habu (Wooclcuts
Nos. 32 ancl 33) were covered with semicircular vaults, though these
have now disappearecl.1
In Ethiopia Mr. Hoskins founcl stone arches vaulting the roofs of
the porches to the pyramids, perfect in construction,
and, what is still more singular, showing both cir-
cular and pointed forms (Woodcut No. 105). These,
as before remarked, are probably of the time of
Tirhakah, or at all events not earlier than the
age of Solomon, nor later than that of Cambyses.
In the age of Psammeticus we have severa]
stone arches in the neighbourhoocl of the pyra-
mids • one, in a tomb at Sakkara, has been fre-
quently drawn; but one of the most instructive
is that in a tomb discovered by Colonel Campbell
(Woodcut No. 101), showing a very primitive form of an arch com-
posed of 3 stones only, ancl above which is another arch of regular con-
struction of 4 courses.
In his researches at
Nimroud, Layard clis-
covered vaulted drains
and chambers belowthe
north-west and south-
east ediiices, which were
consequently as old as
the 8th or 9th century
before our era, ancl con-
temporary with those in
the pyramids of Meroe.
They were of both cir-
cular and pointed forms,
and built apparently
with great care ancl at-
tention to the principles
of the arch (Woodcut
Ho. 102).
The great discovery
of this class is that of
the city gates at Ivhors-
abad, which, as meu-
. . , , 102. Vaulted Drain beneath the South-East Palace at Nimroud.
tionecl at p. 181, were
spanned by arches of semicircular form, so perfect both in construction
‘ Manncrs ancl Cusioms of the Egyptians,’ vol, iii. p. 263.