 Psamatieus, and, consequently, erected six hundred years before our era ; nor can any one, who sees the style of its construction, for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults. It is highly probable...  A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Pàgina 83editat per - 1843 - 1116 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1837 - 520 pàgines
...its construction, for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults. It is highly probable that the small quantity of * In the walls that remain, we sometimes find the places of the beams, at others the signs of vaulted... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1843 - 562 pàgines
...its construction, for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults. It is highly probable that the small...dynasty, or about the year 1540 BC ; and, judging In ini some of the drawings at Beni Hassan, it seems to have been known in the time of the first Osirtasen,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1851 - 922 pàgines
...Egypliam, ii. 116; iii. 316). Sir JG Wilkinson suggests the probability Unit the arch owed its invention to the small quantity of wood in Egypt, and the consequent expense of roofing with timber. The proofs may be thus arranged in chronological orler: — The evidence that... | |
 | JOHN L. STEPHENS - 1868 - 506 pàgines
...its construction, for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults. It is highly probable that the small...dynasty, or about the year 1540 BC ; and, judging Irom some of the drawings at Beni Hassan, it seems to have been known in the time of the first Osirtasen,... | |
 | Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 612 pàgines
...of its construction for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults.* It is highly probable that the small...in their tombs as early as the commencement of the 18th Dynasty,6 or about the year 1540 BC ; and, judging from some of the drawings at Beni-Hassan, it... | |
 | Sir John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 576 pàgines
...for one moment doubt that the Egyptians had been long accustomed to the erection of stone vaults.4 It is highly probable that the small quantity of wood...in their tombs as early as the commencement of the 18th Dynasty,5 or about the year 1540 BC ; and, judging from some of the drawings at Beni-Hassan, it... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 562 pàgines
...second Psammatichus, BC 600." I have suggested the probability of its having owed its invention to the small quantity of wood in Egypt, and the consequent expense of roofing with timber, and have ventured to conclude from the paintings at Beni-Hassan that vaulted buildings... | |
 | 1878 - 252 pàgines
...II., 116; III., 316). Sir JG Wilkinson suggests the probability that the arch owed its invention to the small quantity of wood in Egypt, and the consequent expense of roofing with timber." * The key-stone arch seems to have been unknown in America previous to the fifteenth... | |
 | 1878 - 306 pàgines
...II., 116: III., 316). Sir JG Wilkinson suggests the probability that the arch owed its invention to the small quantity of wood in Egypt, and the consequent expense of roofing with timber." * The key-stone arch seems to have been unknown in America previous to the fifteenth... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1878 - 598 pàgines
...walls of the rooms. the erection OI Stone Vaults. ». Indications of the rooms having been vaulted. It is highly probable that the small quantity of wood in Egypt, <ind the consequent expense of this kind of roofing, led to the invention of the arch ; it was evidently... | |
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