Ruins of Ancient Cities, 1: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall and Present ConditionThomas Tegg, 1840 - 499 páginas |
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... sculptures . One of these lateral apartments contains the famous tablet of kings , discovered by Mr. Bankes , and which ... sculpture . The Arabs , in searching for treasure , have heaped up piles of earth and rubbish ; but there are no ...
... sculptures . One of these lateral apartments contains the famous tablet of kings , discovered by Mr. Bankes , and which ... sculpture . The Arabs , in searching for treasure , have heaped up piles of earth and rubbish ; but there are no ...
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... sculpture superior to all that preceded , though inferior to the ultimate perfection of the Athenian school . Egina was , originally , subject to kings ; but it afterwards adopted the republican form of govern- ment . It was at length ...
... sculpture superior to all that preceded , though inferior to the ultimate perfection of the Athenian school . Egina was , originally , subject to kings ; but it afterwards adopted the republican form of govern- ment . It was at length ...
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... , however , to have been quite alive to the pleasures to be derived from sculpture and painting . The Temple of Juno was adorned by one of the to most famous pictures of antiquity ; which is cele- 18 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
... , however , to have been quite alive to the pleasures to be derived from sculpture and painting . The Temple of Juno was adorned by one of the to most famous pictures of antiquity ; which is cele- 18 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
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... sculpture . Among the last may be particularly mentioned the statues of Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus . The present walls are of Saracenic structure . They are lofty ; being in some places more than forty feet in height , and ...
... sculpture . Among the last may be particularly mentioned the statues of Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus . The present walls are of Saracenic structure . They are lofty ; being in some places more than forty feet in height , and ...
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... sculpture , of a most magnificent taste . It is certainly strange that granite columns are only to be seen in this place and near the Pyramids , six miles distant . Among the ruins at Arsinoe I also observed various fragments of statues ...
... sculpture , of a most magnificent taste . It is certainly strange that granite columns are only to be seen in this place and near the Pyramids , six miles distant . Among the ruins at Arsinoe I also observed various fragments of statues ...
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Acropolis admirable adorned afterwards Alexander Alexandria ancient antiquity appears arches architecture Argos army Athenians Athens Babylon Balbec battle beauty bricks building built called capital Carthage Carthaginians celebrated chamber citizens Clarke columns Corinthian order covered Ctesiphon cubits Darius destroyed Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Dodwell Doric order earth Ecbatana edifices Egypt Egyptian elegant emperor enemy entirely erected Euphrates feet fragments gates gold grandeur Greece Greek ground Hadrian height Heliopolis Herodotus honour houses inhabitants inscription king Lacedæmonians length magnificent manner Megara miles monuments mosque mountain never ornaments palace Parthenon Pausanias Pericles Persians pillars Piræus plain Plutarch portico prince Ptolemy pyramid reign remains rich river rock Rollin Romans Rome ruins says sculpture seen sepulchres side siege situated spot square stands statue stone stood Strabo structure supposed temple theatre Theseus thousand tion tomb tower town traveller Turks vast walls Wheler white marble whole