An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they destroy its grand cha- racter . We think if this were the tomb of Agamemnon , they were much more likely to have ...
... supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they destroy its grand cha- racter . We think if this were the tomb of Agamemnon , they were much more likely to have ...
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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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... supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the sepulture of the early kings of Persia . The lower tombs seem to have belonged to the Parthian Sas- sanide dynasties . 51a . The early Persians , as we have already noticed ...
... supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the sepulture of the early kings of Persia . The lower tombs seem to have belonged to the Parthian Sas- sanide dynasties . 51a . The early Persians , as we have already noticed ...
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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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... supposed was surrounded by four oblong edifices . That on the right is tolerably preserved , the remains of two columns being still in existence . The prin- cipal building had a terrace , raised between three and four feet above the ...
... supposed was surrounded by four oblong edifices . That on the right is tolerably preserved , the remains of two columns being still in existence . The prin- cipal building had a terrace , raised between three and four feet above the ...
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