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which contains a room varying in width from 11 feet 6 inches to 12 feet 6 inches; and insome instances there are two rooms.
The height of these porches in some instances are 18 or 19 feet, and they bear, with theirdoorway, 3 feet wide, a strong resemblance to the Egyptian propylon.
Above the doorway is an architrave, over which is a square fillet, and then a bold carvedcornice, ornamented with a winged globe.
One of the best proportioned of these propylons or entrances has the doorway 11 feetG inches high, and to the top of the cornice, 14 feet. On each side the wall slightly battered.At the bottom they measure 7 feet 6 inches in width, and at the top 7 feet.
These porticoes do not much vary in dimensions, although the pyramids to which theyare applied differ.
These pyramids do not appear to contain any passages or rooms, and they are all probablyconstructed over wells, in which the dead were deposited.
One of the porches is arched, and consists of four or five stones constructed in a regu-lar manner, said to be of the highest antiquity. It is stated to be the earliest known,
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MEKOE.