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Mr.Petrie's plan of this temple in _Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh_, Plate VI .-- A.B.E. [17] That is to say, the wall is vertical on the inside; but is built much thicker at the bottom than at the top, so that on the outside it presents a sloping surface, retiring with the height of the wall .-- A.B.E. [18] "Hatshepsut," more commonly known as "Hatasu;" the new reading is, however, more correct.
Professor Maspero thinks that it was pronounced "Hatshopsitu."-- A.B.E. [19] For full illustrated account of the complete excavation of this temple, see the _Deir el Bahari_ publications of the Egypt Exploration Fund. [20] Temenos, _i.e._, the enclosure wall of the Temple, within which all was holy ground .-- A.B.E. 3 .-- DECORATION. [Illustration: Figs.
96 to 101 .-- DECORATIVE DESIGNS, FROM DENDERAH.] [Illustration: Fig.
96.] [Illustration: Fig.
97.] [Illustration: Fig.
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