's roof is formed by a row of large beams which rested
independently on the side walls as corbels or cantilevers (see Note 29).

(35) The mastaba angle is 75 deg., and the pyramid angle 50 deg. to 55 deg..

(36) Its present appearance is an accident of its demolition; it was
originally, like the "step-pyramid" of Sakkarah, a cumulative mastaba, as
is shown by the remains of the lower steps still in the mounds at its base,
and by the mediaeval description of it.

INDEX

Aahhotep, 157, 323-30.
Aahhotep II., 288-9.
Aalu, fields of, 163-4, 167.
Abacus, 52-4, 58, 61, 116.
Abi, 273.
Abu Roash, 113, 134.
Abu Simbel
(see TEMPLES, etc.).
Abusir, 114, 131, 134, 138, 140.
Abydos
(see FORTRESSES, TEMPLES, TOMBS, etc.).
Acacia, 203, 274.
Adze, of iron, 283, 304.
Affi
(see TOMB).
Agate, 247.
Ahmes I., 267, 307, 317, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329.
Ahmes II., 269 and note.
(see AMASIS).
Ahmesnefertari, 288-9.
Ahnas el Medineh, 259.
Ai, 15, 155, 158.
Aimadua
(see TOMB).
Akhonuti, 16.
Alabaster, 6, 42, 47, 65, 128, 141, 166, 169, 180, 252, 253-4.
Albumen, 203.
Alexander, his tomb, 242.
Alexander II., colossus of, 241.
Alexandria, 52, 241, 243, 303.
Alumina, 260.
Amasis, 269 and note, 302
(see AHMES II.).
Amber, 247.
Ambras Collection, in Vienna, 272 (note).
Amen
(see GODS).
Amen Ra
(see GODS).
Amenemhat II., 76, 322.
Amenemhat III., 76, 143, 228
(see MOERIS).
Amenhotep I., 157, 229, 287.
Amenhotep II., 53.
Amenhotep III., 67, 69, 76, 77, 80, 103, 147, 158, 179, 226, 229, 230, 266,
275, 312, 318.
(see MEMNON).
Ameni
(see TOMB).
Ameni Entef Amenemhat, 107.
Ameniritis, 235 and note.
Amethyst, 246, 250.
Amphorae 35, 36, 127, 264.
Ampullae, 269.
Amset, genius, 258 (note).
Amulets, materials and forms of, 100, 167, 246-50, 259, 265, 286.
Ancient Empire,--
art of
(see BAS-RELIEF, SCULPTURE, and STATUE).
domestic architecture of, 19.
fortress of, 27.
tombs of
(see MASTABAS and PYRAMIDS).
Andro-sphinx, 89, 228-9.
Angareb, or Nubian bed, 281, 292.
Anhur
(see GODS).
Ankh, 286, 288.
Ankhnesraneferab, sarcophagus of, 165 (note).
Anklets, 321.
Anna
(see TOMB).
Antelopes, 176, 299, 326.
Antimony, 254, 267
(see KOHL).
Antonines, 244, 245.
Antoninus Pius, his chapel at Philae, 100.
Anubis
(see GODS).
Anvil, 313.
Apapi, the serpent, 164.
Ape, 171, 176, 199, 254, 269, 322.
Apepi, King of Avaris, 228.
Apet