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§ 5. " Proto-Doric " Forms in Egypt. 



One of the prima facie objections to the " proto-Doric " theory is 

 the extreme rarity of "proto-Doric" forms in Egypt. Were there 



Fig. 2. Grountl-plan of Tomb 1 at Benihassan, showing the plane faces left on 

 the inner sides of the fluted columns, and the position of the architraves and 

 abaci. (After Lepsius.) 

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