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Excerpt from Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Department of Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian Galleries; Vestibule The peculiarity of Egyptian architecture distinguishes it from the Greek; there was more diversity in the relative proportions of the different parts, and it was not held by such an inexible geometric rule as the Greek, although the latitude allowed did not transcend certain limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.