Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 178
ous piece of work ^iihid, I., 111-112). Of the apartments of the kings wives he says the walls are twentyfeet high and five feet thick, solidly built of earth [ihid, I., 335). Adams found the city built very irregularly, the houses being placed withoutany regard to order, and detatched ;… … Fig. 162.—High-pitched kings roof, from a plaquein the British Museum. Fig. 161.—^High - pitched roof onbrass box from Benin. LiverpoolMuseum. In both these illustrations the roofs are portrayed as though they were made of shingles.Legroing expressly states that the kings house was roofed with…
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