An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
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... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
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... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
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... side of the width are placed sphinxes of stone , 20 cubits or more distant from one another , one row being on the right , and the other on the left . Beyond the sphinxes is a great vestibule ( πponuλov ) , then a further one , and The ...
... side of the width are placed sphinxes of stone , 20 cubits or more distant from one another , one row being on the right , and the other on the left . Beyond the sphinxes is a great vestibule ( πponuλov ) , then a further one , and The ...
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... sides of a court - yard , separated by a wall from the street ; or on each side of a long passage from a similar entrance court . The court was sometimes common to several houses . Large mansions were detached , having often different ...
... sides of a court - yard , separated by a wall from the street ; or on each side of a long passage from a similar entrance court . The court was sometimes common to several houses . Large mansions were detached , having often different ...
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