An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... built after the Phoenician rule and method : : - Ως τα Κυκλώπων βάθρα Φοινικι κανονι και τυκοις ηρμοσμένα . Hercules Furens , v . 944 . 30. Fig . 9. is a representation of a portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the ...
... built after the Phoenician rule and method : : - Ως τα Κυκλώπων βάθρα Φοινικι κανονι και τυκοις ηρμοσμένα . Hercules Furens , v . 944 . 30. Fig . 9. is a representation of a portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the ...
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... built . It had entrances from the east and the west , and one at the south - eastern angle . That on the east , lettered A , is pretty fairly preserved , and is approached by an inclined access , B , 15 ft . wide , along the eastern and ...
... built . It had entrances from the east and the west , and one at the south - eastern angle . That on the east , lettered A , is pretty fairly preserved , and is approached by an inclined access , B , 15 ft . wide , along the eastern and ...
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... built by Suphis I. , the Cheops of the Greeks ( fig . 45. ) . Sir G. Wilkinson supposes them to have been erected 2120 years B.C. , Lepsius 3426 B. C .; but the former admits that , previous to the reign of Osirtasen , 1740 B.C. ...
... built by Suphis I. , the Cheops of the Greeks ( fig . 45. ) . Sir G. Wilkinson supposes them to have been erected 2120 years B.C. , Lepsius 3426 B. C .; but the former admits that , previous to the reign of Osirtasen , 1740 B.C. ...
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... built also in steps , is supposed to be as high as that of Cheops . The stones used are much decayed , and more crumbling than those of Gizeh ; hence they are considered older . One of them is formed of unburnt bricks , containing ...
... built also in steps , is supposed to be as high as that of Cheops . The stones used are much decayed , and more crumbling than those of Gizeh ; hence they are considered older . One of them is formed of unburnt bricks , containing ...
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... built of this material as generally eighteen inches thick . He says , the workmen bring up the foundations for three or four courses in solid work ; after which , as the walls rise , the bricks are used in the alternate courses as ...
... built of this material as generally eighteen inches thick . He says , the workmen bring up the foundations for three or four courses in solid work ; after which , as the walls rise , the bricks are used in the alternate courses as ...
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