[8] See _The Fayûm and Lake Moeris_. Major R.H. Brown, R.E.

[9] Officially, this temple is attributed to Thothmes III., and the
dedicatory inscription dates from the first year of his reign; but the
work was really that of his aunt and predecessor, Queen Hatshepsût.

[10] See also an exact reduction of this design, to scale, in Mr. Petrie's
work _A Season in Egypt_, 1887, Plate XXV.

[11] Chenoboscion.--A.B.E.




CHAPTER II.

_RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE_.

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.


I.--MATERIALS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION.


It is an error to suppose that the Egyptians employed only large blocks for
building purposes. The size of their materials varied very considerably