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 412
obable object was to afford a refuye to the inhabitantsfrom the swarms of insects and burnincj winds that devastate theseregions for nine months of the year. Here, we beheve, INI. deSarzec is in error ; the only refu^^es against the inflamed breath ofthe desert were the sen/ah, the subterranean… … TeU.-n>railiim^ n n- 7 <^-\ Hirc-.iiinroati BORSWPA iCiC /-^ Fig. 183.—Map of the ruins of Babylon ; from Oppert. not undertaken merely to escape the mosquitoes ; we may takeM. de Sarzecs words, however, as a proof that at Sirtella as inall the towns of Lower Chaldaia, the remains of a…
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