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Show Early Egyptian Tombs. The kings of the earliest dynasties reared no pyramids. Their tombs were great structures mainly underground that of Aha (who is possibly Menu, the first king of Egypt), at N;:e,a'!-i measures 173 feet by SS, and contains 21 chambers built sometimes of brick, with a lining of wood, and seme, times floored with stone, as in the case of the tomb of King Den at Ahy-dos. Ahy-dos. whose granite floor furnishes the earliest known example of the use of , stone In building. National Geograph-Jc Geograph-Jc Society Bulletin. |