eunable to dispose of those prisoners of war captured in myriads,in whole races, by the Assyrian kings, and apparently employedby them in the construction of Nineveh. Now, it is impossiblethat such works as the Pyramids could have been begun andfinished in the course of a single reign by free and… … Flc. 16.—Construction of a Temple at Thebes. (From Prisse.) of great ability and skilful workmen were, indeed, employed uponthose gigantic works ; but the great bulk of the task must haverequired the collective effort of a whole population ; of a popu-lation devoting themselves night and day to…
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