Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Volume 23Institut français d'archéologie orientale., 1924 |
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Page 98
... provided with a sling at the end of their arm , could throw stones from 4 to 500 yards , it is most improbable that any of the mediæval type could do so . In the first place there is no evidence to show that they were ever pro- vided ...
... provided with a sling at the end of their arm , could throw stones from 4 to 500 yards , it is most improbable that any of the mediæval type could do so . In the first place there is no evidence to show that they were ever pro- vided ...
Page 104
... provided with arrow - slits . We have now reached the Burg Kerkyalan . — BURG KERKYALÂN . This great tower is 20 m . 60 high on its outer face , and almost exactly 20 metres square . Like the Burg Sofța it is built of large rus- ticated ...
... provided with arrow - slits . We have now reached the Burg Kerkyalan . — BURG KERKYALÂN . This great tower is 20 m . 60 high on its outer face , and almost exactly 20 metres square . Like the Burg Sofța it is built of large rus- ticated ...
Page 105
... provided with one , two or three arrow - slits . In the latter case , two of the arrow - slits are placed at the corners in the curious and unusual manner shown , an arrangement which I have only once seen elsewhere , in a tower at ...
... provided with one , two or three arrow - slits . In the latter case , two of the arrow - slits are placed at the corners in the curious and unusual manner shown , an arrangement which I have only once seen elsewhere , in a tower at ...
Page 108
... provided that he was kept informed of what was being done , and that no charges fell on Army funds . As a result of this sympathetic attitude , and the liberality of the Comité in ( 1 ) The courses average 39 cm . in height , and the ...
... provided that he was kept informed of what was being done , and that no charges fell on Army funds . As a result of this sympathetic attitude , and the liberality of the Comité in ( 1 ) The courses average 39 cm . in height , and the ...
Page 110
... provided ( Plate IX , a ) on account of its exceptional width ( 2 m . 06 ) . Near the entrance to this gallery , there is a small narrow room ( H ) , which may have been a latrine . The floor level varies slightly , generally descending ...
... provided ( Plate IX , a ) on account of its exceptional width ( 2 m . 06 ) . Near the entrance to this gallery , there is a small narrow room ( H ) , which may have been a latrine . The floor level varies slightly , generally descending ...
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ad-Din al-'Âdil already appears arabe archway arrow-slit arrow-slits Arsinoé Bâb al-Mudarrag back barracks Bérénice Bubaste built Bulletin Burg al-Haddad Burg ar-Ramla Burg Kerkyalân Byblos Caire Cairo Canal des Pharaons CASANOVA chamber Citadel corner tower covered curtain wall door doorway east Egypt Égypte égyptien enclosure entrance Érythrée find first floor found gallery Gate gateway great tower half-round tower high Imhotep inner inscription interior l'Égypte l'isthme de Suez lac Timsah latter left length level little lower masonry Memphis mer Rouge metres Muḥammad Aly Muqaṭṭam narrow no doubt north northern enclosure Nûr once opening ouâdî outer Palace parapet passage Péluse Pharaons Plate provided Ptah ramparts recess right rooms round route runs rusticated Saladin same Sarapis says seen Sekhmet semi-circular shown side similar slabs small south staircase stone storey Strabon Syria texte three towers tunnel-vault upper uræus vaulted voussoirs west whole work XXIII Zarou