The Legacy Of Egypt

xii List of Illustrations
PLATE FIGS.
29." Section of pyramid of King Sahure* at Abusfr.
Vth Dynasty......p. 153
30. Section of the relieving chambers above the
King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid . . „ 153
31. Corbelled arch in the central sanctuary of the
XVIIIth-Dynasty temple at El-Deir el-Bahari „ 154
32. False arch, cut from two granite blocks, in a
Middle Kingdom mastaba at Dahshur . . „ 154
30. 33. Bre-vving beer from a scene from the mastaba of
Kaemrehu from Saqqara. Vth Dynasty .facing p. 156
31. 34. Remainder of the brewing scene shown in fig. 33 „ 157
SCIENCE
1. Notation table for measuring grain . . . p. 168
2. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. Problems dealing
with rectangles, circles, and triangles . . „ 172
32. 3. Portion of astronomical ceiling (Sen-n-mut) . facing$. 174
33. 4. Early map of a gold-mining region (site unknown)
of the time of Seti I, c. 1320 B.C. . . . „ 175 .
34. 5. Gold rings being weighed against a bronze weight
in the shape of a ram's head, c. 1380 B.C. , „ 176