An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... supposed to have been opposite the entrance Total . 140 Altar Northwards from Stonehenge , at the distance of a few hundred yards , is a large single stone , which , at the period of its being placed there , has been by some thought to ...
... supposed to have been opposite the entrance Total . 140 Altar Northwards from Stonehenge , at the distance of a few hundred yards , is a large single stone , which , at the period of its being placed there , has been by some thought to ...
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... supposed , by Ninus or Assur about 2,200 B.C. , fell before the rising wealth of Babylon . Here , from the palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date ...
... supposed , by Ninus or Assur about 2,200 B.C. , fell before the rising wealth of Babylon . Here , from the palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date ...
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... Persepolis . A few miles to the south of Persepolis , the hill of Nakshi RustĆ¢n ( fig . 30. ) presents a number of sculptured tombs , the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and. 22 BOOK 1 . HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
... Persepolis . A few miles to the south of Persepolis , the hill of Nakshi RustĆ¢n ( fig . 30. ) presents a number of sculptured tombs , the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and. 22 BOOK 1 . HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
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Joseph Gwilt Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the sepulture of he early kings of Persia ; and the lower to have belonged to the Parthian Sassanide dynasties . 51a ...
Joseph Gwilt Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the sepulture of he early kings of Persia ; and the lower to have belonged to the Parthian Sassanide dynasties . 51a ...
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... supposed pe- culiarity is also mentioned by Aulus Gellius ( lib . iii . cap . 6. ) . The reed of the Nile , with its head , enters into some combinations of ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of ...
... supposed pe- culiarity is also mentioned by Aulus Gellius ( lib . iii . cap . 6. ) . The reed of the Nile , with its head , enters into some combinations of ornament , and moreover fashioned into bundles , seems to have been the type of ...
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