An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a mate .. and where the subterranean architecture of the country offers a much more probable or f of the style . CHAP . II . ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS ...
... remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a mate .. and where the subterranean architecture of the country offers a much more probable or f of the style . CHAP . II . ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS ...
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... remains of the south - eastern portal . It appears to have beer connected with the eastern gate by an avenue enclosed between the outer and inner curtain , of which avenue the use is not known . Similar avenues have been found at Argos ...
... remains of the south - eastern portal . It appears to have beer connected with the eastern gate by an avenue enclosed between the outer and inner curtain , of which avenue the use is not known . Similar avenues have been found at Argos ...
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... remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Irer's Trare & p . 298. ) To the east of it is a dependent mound , resembling those at the Birs and Al Hheimar . " 41. The inquiry ( following Mr. Rich ) now to be pursued is that ...
... remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Irer's Trare & p . 298. ) To the east of it is a dependent mound , resembling those at the Birs and Al Hheimar . " 41. The inquiry ( following Mr. Rich ) now to be pursued is that ...
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... remains of that palace of the masters of Asia E Fig . 22 . RUINS OF PERSEPOLIS . to which Alexander set fire in a moment of madness and debauch . The description which follows is obtained from De Bruyn , who examined the ruins in 1704 ...
... remains of that palace of the masters of Asia E Fig . 22 . RUINS OF PERSEPOLIS . to which Alexander set fire in a moment of madness and debauch . The description which follows is obtained from De Bruyn , who examined the ruins in 1704 ...
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... remains of the first portal are 39 ft . high , and of the second 28 ft . The base of the piers is 5 ft . 2 in . high , and projects in- wards ; and the bases upon which the figures stand are 1 ft . 2 in . high . We may here ob- serve ...
... remains of the first portal are 39 ft . high , and of the second 28 ft . The base of the piers is 5 ft . 2 in . high , and projects in- wards ; and the bases upon which the figures stand are 1 ft . 2 in . high . We may here ob- serve ...
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