Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Volume 23Institut français d'archéologie orientale., 1924 |
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Page 100
... right curves round and passes under the north - western corner of the northern enclosure , where there is a semi - circular tower ( A ) and a length of curtain wall resting on a low cliff of rock ( Fig . 1 , and Plates XXI - XXII ) ...
... right curves round and passes under the north - western corner of the northern enclosure , where there is a semi - circular tower ( A ) and a length of curtain wall resting on a low cliff of rock ( Fig . 1 , and Plates XXI - XXII ) ...
Page 105
... right ) . That part which makes an exterior salient has been re - topped for musketry ( Plate Vû , to left ) , but the loop - holes are of very bad design , being too cramped and having very little command . On the exterior , the ...
... right ) . That part which makes an exterior salient has been re - topped for musketry ( Plate Vû , to left ) , but the loop - holes are of very bad design , being too cramped and having very little command . On the exterior , the ...
Page 106
... right angles . ( 3 ) It will be noticed in the plan , that what would have been the southern arm of the cross is filled up with a wall of brick ( Q ) . Contrary to what might be expected , the back wall of the second casemate is ...
... right angles . ( 3 ) It will be noticed in the plan , that what would have been the southern arm of the cross is filled up with a wall of brick ( Q ) . Contrary to what might be expected , the back wall of the second casemate is ...
Page 107
... right ) , it presents a loop - holed wall of masonry ( A ) , with remains of the original banquette ( B ) still rising some 40 or 50 cm . above the ground . The banquette and the parapet together measure 2 m . 80 in thickness . We now ...
... right ) , it presents a loop - holed wall of masonry ( A ) , with remains of the original banquette ( B ) still rising some 40 or 50 cm . above the ground . The banquette and the parapet together measure 2 m . 80 in thickness . We now ...
Page 109
... right into them and get a deep plunging fire , an impossibility with the older type . They must therefore be considered as a marked improvement . Instead of being covered by a tapering vault , like half a cone laid on its side , they ...
... right into them and get a deep plunging fire , an impossibility with the older type . They must therefore be considered as a marked improvement . Instead of being covered by a tapering vault , like half a cone laid on its side , they ...
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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