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... inches long , by fifty - six feet four inches broad . The sloping bulwark is forty feet high , from the bottom of the trench ; but this is much choked up with rubbish . " To the lower part there is no known nor visible entrance , either ...
... inches long , by fifty - six feet four inches broad . The sloping bulwark is forty feet high , from the bottom of the trench ; but this is much choked up with rubbish . " To the lower part there is no known nor visible entrance , either ...
Page 143
... inch or two in depth , to afford a resting - place ; and a raised part is often left at the head , to serve as a pillow , or a round cavity cut for the same purpose . Such couches are found in the Etruscan rock - tombs , and in those of ...
... inch or two in depth , to afford a resting - place ; and a raised part is often left at the head , to serve as a pillow , or a round cavity cut for the same purpose . Such couches are found in the Etruscan rock - tombs , and in those of ...
Page 144
... inches square , which was for- merly closed by a stone - door , the sockets for whose pivots still remain ( K ) . The form of. genuine Jewish sepulchre from the latter . But to this latter class appear to belong the catacombs on the Hill ...
... inches square , which was for- merly closed by a stone - door , the sockets for whose pivots still remain ( K ) . The form of. genuine Jewish sepulchre from the latter . But to this latter class appear to belong the catacombs on the Hill ...
Page 145
... inches in length , and about four in width . It is only four feet nine high , and is flat - ceiled . Each of three sides , however , has a sepulchral loculus , E , F , F , for the reception of a body . As the three are alike in form ...
... inches in length , and about four in width . It is only four feet nine high , and is flat - ceiled . Each of three sides , however , has a sepulchral loculus , E , F , F , for the reception of a body . As the three are alike in form ...
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... inches in depth , to receive the body , as shewn by the section ; and herein lies the principal difference between this sepulchral chamber and Schultz's second class of Jerusalem tombs . ( Fig . В , above ) . They each have their ...
... inches in depth , to receive the body , as shewn by the section ; and herein lies the principal difference between this sepulchral chamber and Schultz's second class of Jerusalem tombs . ( Fig . В , above ) . They each have their ...
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