The Chapel of the Numa Staba

In Figure 123, a chapel consists of two parallel lobbies connected by a cross passage. This was the ordinary arrangement, but the architect was free to reject it if he so pleased. Elsewhere the chamber opens from a corner of the passage, as shown in Figure 124. Again, in the tomb of Tahotep, the site was hemmed in by older buildings and was not large enough. The builders therefore joined the Numa Staba to the older one,. In such wise as to give them one entrance in common, and thus the chapel of the one is enlargedby absorbing the whole of the space occupied by the other.