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 The Egyptian House. Z1 barns, and storehouses were almost always dome-shaped (Fig. 24). Those which had flat roofs seem to have been very few indeed. This we see In a painting which seems to represent the process of brewing. The Egyptians were great beer drinkers (Fig. 25). Fig. 25. — Brewing, Beni-Hassan ; from Champollion, pi. 398. These brick vaults must have been very thick, and they were well fitted to preserve that equable and comparatively low temperature which is required for the keeping of provisions. The bas-reliefs often show long rows of storehouses one after the other. Their number was no doubt intended to give an idea of their proprietor's !a;i;i!l;^ilii:i;i^!li: i!J:;.i!iti]iiilli!i:;:;!;i::-lil:ii;.!ig^S^^ M;;^ ' ^ Fig. 26. — Granaries, Beni-Hassan ; from Wilkinson. wealth. Some of them seem to have had their only opening half- way up their sides and to have been reached by an external incline or flight of steps (Fig. 26). A sketch made by M. Bourgoin in a tomb at Sakkarah shows us another form of granary. It (Fig. 27)
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