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96 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
in Egypt, and is identical with the panel-
ling of walls in early Babylonia, one of
the indications of a common civilisation of
the two great valleys. This panelling
JI^L does not seem to have
mm| H^ lasted beyond the Old
176.-P.M. vh. (plan). ' Kingdom; there was
no trace of it found at Kahun or Gurob,
in the buildings of the Xllth and XVIIIth
dynasties, nor docs it appear in any draw-
ings or imitations of buildings.
One of the best known characteristics of
Egyptian architecture is the sloping face
of the walls and pylons. This is directly
copied from brickwork. In order to give
more cohesion to a wall it was the custom
to build it on a
curved bed, so that
the courses all sloped
Fig- 177- up outwards at the
outer corners. Thus the outer faces sloped
in Egypt, and is identical with the panel-
ling of walls in early Babylonia, one of
the indications of a common civilisation of
the two great valleys. This panelling
JI^L does not seem to have
mm| H^ lasted beyond the Old
176.-P.M. vh. (plan). ' Kingdom; there was
no trace of it found at Kahun or Gurob,
in the buildings of the Xllth and XVIIIth
dynasties, nor docs it appear in any draw-
ings or imitations of buildings.
One of the best known characteristics of
Egyptian architecture is the sloping face
of the walls and pylons. This is directly
copied from brickwork. In order to give
more cohesion to a wall it was the custom
to build it on a
curved bed, so that
the courses all sloped
Fig- 177- up outwards at the
outer corners. Thus the outer faces sloped