Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, المجلد 2T. Tegg, 1840 - 4 من الصفحات |
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... tomb of Agamemnon , the follow-- " I ing account has been given by Mr. Turner : entered by a subterraneous passage , opened by Lord Elgin , and was surprised to find myself in an immense dome , about ninety feet high , and fifty round ...
... tomb of Agamemnon , the follow-- " I ing account has been given by Mr. Turner : entered by a subterraneous passage , opened by Lord Elgin , and was surprised to find myself in an immense dome , about ninety feet high , and fifty round ...
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... tomb was in existence for many ages . " Alyattes , king of Sardis , made war upon the Milesians in the following manner , " says Herodotus . " As the time of harvest approached , he marched an army into their country to the sound of the ...
... tomb was in existence for many ages . " Alyattes , king of Sardis , made war upon the Milesians in the following manner , " says Herodotus . " As the time of harvest approached , he marched an army into their country to the sound of the ...
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... tombs . On one of them were carved two women hunting , with three dogs ; the foremost hold- ing a hare in its mouth . " Miletus , " says Dr. Chandler , from whom we have borrowed several passages in this article , " was once powerful ...
... tombs . On one of them were carved two women hunting , with three dogs ; the foremost hold- ing a hare in its mouth . " Miletus , " says Dr. Chandler , from whom we have borrowed several passages in this article , " was once powerful ...
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... tomb of Jonah , the prophet , round which has been erected a village , called Nunia . " Captain Kinneir proceeds to state , that the Jews go in pilgrimage to this tomb ; which is a small and insignificant building , crowned with a ...
... tomb of Jonah , the prophet , round which has been erected a village , called Nunia . " Captain Kinneir proceeds to state , that the Jews go in pilgrimage to this tomb ; which is a small and insignificant building , crowned with a ...
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... tombs , on the highest eminence in the immediate vicinity , towers the ruined Turkish or Saracenic castle . It is seated on the very summit of the mountain , and surrounded by a deep ditch , cut out of the solid rock . It is said by the ...
... tombs , on the highest eminence in the immediate vicinity , towers the ruined Turkish or Saracenic castle . It is seated on the very summit of the mountain , and surrounded by a deep ditch , cut out of the solid rock . It is said by the ...
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