Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 5
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The Saccara Sarcophagus
In 1881, I discovered some tombs at Saccara in which the vault is decorated in preference to the chapel. These tombs are built with large bricks, a niche and a stella sufficing for the reception of sacrificial offerings. Each wall was a house stocked with the objects depicted or catalogued upon its surface. each was carefully provided with a fictitious door, through which the double had access to his goods.
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