MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND TRAVELLERS By G. MASPERO

In the civil and military architecture of Ancient Egypt brick played the principal part; but in the religious architecture of the nation it occupied a very secondary position. The Pharaohs were ambitious of building eternal dwellings for their deities, and stone was the only material which seemed sufficiently durable to withstand the ravages of time and man.

• RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE.
1. MATERIALS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
2. TEMPLES
3. DECORATION