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A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed

Note 51 — Chapter III · FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM.

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The researches of Mr. Petrie at Kahun have shown that originally this form of column was in wood, which would account for the base on which, in Egyptian work, it is always placed.

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