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ruins at Khorsabad to show that the tower ever boreany chapel or tabernacle upon its apex. But according to theirown hypothesis it has lost its three highest stories, so why shouldthey expect to find any vestige of such a chapel, seeing that itmust have been the first thing to disappear ? There is… … ^^^^^/^^W/^^;^^!^^ Fig. 1S7.—The Ohssrrntory, Transverse section through A B. from being the case at present. Moreover there is some littleevidence that the purpose of the pyramid was religious. Twostone altars were found in its neighbourhood. Whether theycame from its summit or from the esplanade,…
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