An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a material , and where the subterranean architecture of the country offers a much more probable origin of the style . t CHAP . II . ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS ...
... remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a material , and where the subterranean architecture of the country offers a much more probable origin of the style . t CHAP . II . ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS ...
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... remains in Derbyshire , Devonshire , Dorsetshire , at Stanton Drew in Somersetshire , and in Westmoreland . They are common in Wales , and are found in the Western Isles . There are examples in Iceland , Norway , Sweden , Denmark , and ...
... remains in Derbyshire , Devonshire , Dorsetshire , at Stanton Drew in Somersetshire , and in Westmoreland . They are common in Wales , and are found in the Western Isles . There are examples in Iceland , Norway , Sweden , Denmark , and ...
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... remains of the south - eastern portal . It appears to have been 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 been 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 , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was surrounded by circular walls , which , according to Diodorus , were decorated with ...
... remains , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was surrounded by circular walls , which , according to Diodorus , were decorated with ...
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... remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Ives's Travels , 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 ...
... remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Ives's Travels , 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 ...
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