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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1875)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 114

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STREET OF THE TOMBS. 65 Some tombs remaining in the necropolis of the ancient city ofCnidus are ornamented in a similar manner. Places of sepul-ture were originally surrounded with a fence or paling of wood ;the standards at intervals, so necessary for its stability, werepossibly the prototypes of…

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