Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 176
nly cement.- Even in our own day themasons and bricklayers of Mossoul and Bagdad are content withthe same simple materials, and their structures have no greatsolidity in consequence. In Chaldiea, at least in certain times and at certain places,construction was more careful. In the ruin known… … Construction. 155 that represents one of the principal monuments of ancientBabylon, there is nothing between the bricks but earth that musthave been placed there in the condition of mud.^ These bricksmay be detached almost without effort. It is quite otherwise withthe two other ruins in the same…
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