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CHAPTER II
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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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