An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
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... Palace , which , being uncovered , and partly detached from the rubbish , is visible from a considerable distance . It is " so sur- prisingly fresh , " says the author , " that it was only after a minute inspection I was satisfied of ...
... Palace , which , being uncovered , and partly detached from the rubbish , is visible from a considerable distance . It is " so sur- prisingly fresh , " says the author , " that it was only after a minute inspection I was satisfied of ...
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... palace was on the opposite side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one . Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , in some respects , a ...
... palace was on the opposite side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one . Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , in some respects , a ...
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... palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date would therefore be about 713 B.C. The sculptures at this place so much resemble those at Persepolis , and the ...
... palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date would therefore be about 713 B.C. The sculptures at this place so much resemble those at Persepolis , and the ...
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... palace to Egyptian captives , at a com- paratively late pe- riod , after the con- quest of Egypt by Fig . 30 . NAKSHI RUSTAN . Cambyses ; but we think they are answered by the similarity of arrow - headed characters used therein to ...
... palace to Egyptian captives , at a com- paratively late pe- riod , after the con- quest of Egypt by Fig . 30 . NAKSHI RUSTAN . Cambyses ; but we think they are answered by the similarity of arrow - headed characters used therein to ...
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