Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-10

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Nl;hOgi diminishing its sike. Hence
mHny OF their OSeii-ks. peicstals. and
-srcophagi even, are irregular IN shape.
In like manner the huge blocks some
times came out of the quarrie> misshaPen
at the smaller end, and 10 remedy this
defect they covered it with a metal cap
ping of the required shape. rather than
reduce its length 10y cutting of the rug
gei portion. The summit If the Paris
obelsk was irregular in shape and lett
quite rough. Numerous instances of
capped pyramids and of the sculptures
upon them representing the Pharaoh
adoring the sun god were cited, and the
shaft was then described. The sides Of
the shaft are not always equal in width,
varying few inches. Our London ODE.
lisk, for instance, is at the base 7 f..
1913 in. by #. in; at the summit, 5 #.
1,3 in. by #. 1925 in.-an inappreci-
able difference. The four sides or faces
of obelisks were usually square, but &C.
casionally they are convex-a fact prov
ing the nice perception for effect among
the ancient Egyptians, as the light was
thus much softer upon the surface, the
shades were less crude, and the angles
less cutting. Whether there is in any an
entasis in the upright line has not yet
been precisely ascertained, but perhaps
this fact may now be set at rest in re-
spect of Cleopstra's Needle. The dies,
pedestals, and steps upon which the obe-
lisks anciently stood were next illustrated
at some length. A special notice was
given of the original supports of the
Place de Ia ConcOrde at Paris. The ma
terial of the mOnoliths was mostly the
stone called Syenite. This pink granite
was only used for the obeiisks, statues,
ssrcophagi, castings of the pyramids,
sanctuaries in temples, Innings of some
special tombs, and for other precious or
sacred purposes. The quarries of Syene
were below the Nile cataracts, SO that
when once the granite masses we're ex-
tracted they glided easily down the river
to their destination. The process of
quarrying and working the granite were
discussed. The land transit of an ODE
lisk was illustrated by that of colossal
statue, as represented on a hypogee at
Benihassan. No Egyptian wall-paint.
ings are known depicting how the ODE
lisks were reared, but an anecdOte in
Pliny shows how critical the operation
was deemed. To put the architect on
his mettle Rameses had his own son fas-
tened to the summit Of an obelisk while
it was being raised. The positions of
obelisks were before the gigantic pylons,
which formed the entrance gateways to
the temple fOre-courts, and they were
always in pairs. At karnak the situa-
ton of the two lofty ones erected by
Queen Hatason Zone of which is still
standing, and is the tallest known, being
1868 #. high) was between two pylons
40 or SO feet only apart. Those in front
of the outer pylon are not SO distant in
advance of it. Hence the Egyptians
disregarded the immediate proximity of
lofty wall backing them up, and none
are known situate in wide open spaces.
The sacred way led up from the river,
fianked on each side with variously
headed sphiDxes. At ksrnak the dromos
is mile and one third long, with line
Of sphinxes on each siie.-LoadOH Times.