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 187
r the slightest trace of fire in the hundredand eighty-four rooms and twenty-eight courts that he excavated.The marvellous preservation of the reliefs in many of the halls isinconsistent, in his opinion, with the supposition that the palacewas destroyed by fire ; and if we renounce that supposition… … FjG. 51.—Fortress ; from the Balawat gates, in the British Museum. been found. The wood is not all in such condition as theincorruptible cedar of the gilded palm-trees, but wherever itcertainly existed, traces of it may be pointed out. In advanceddecomposition it is no more consistent than powder,…
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