Poole, Reginald S.: The cities of Egypt (London, 1882)

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served the chapel. But this was accidental. The
Egyptian tomb was due to no mere convention; faith
raised its mighty mass above the rock or cut its hidden
halls beneath. Those who accuse this great nation 0/
a vain ostentation in these costly sepulchres, cannot
conceive the delight of lavishing gold and silver without
return in the commemoration of a noble idea. The
Egyptians raised monuments that have defied time, to
show to all who should come after them that they
believed in the immortality of the soul.