9/78 Some modern writers have even described the process, which they explain thus:--A cellular framework of brick walls, like a huge chess-board, formed the substructure, the cells being next filled in with earth, and the houses built upon this immense platform (Note 5). 2 .-- Ancient house with vaulted floors, against the northern wall of the great temple of Medinet Habu] [Illustration: Fig. 3 .-- Plan of three-quarters of the town of Hat-Hotep- Usertesen (Kahun), built for the accommodation of the officials and workmen employed in connection with the pyramid of Usertesen II. The workmen's quarters are principally on the west, and separated from the eastern part of the town by a thick wall. |