Ilios; the city and country of the Trojans. The results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author (1880)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890, Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902, Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900, Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933, Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland), 1839-1919, Brugsch, Heinrich, 1827-1894, Ascherson, Paul, 1834-1913, Postolakas, Achilles, Burnouf, Emile, 1821-1907, Calvert, Frank, Dufield, Alexander James, 1821-90 · New York: Harper & Bros · leaf 82
gin soil. At one place we reached the rock itself, on which the mostancient city had been built. In the midst of the great trench Schliemannhad left standing a mighty block, which, as long as it holds together, willindicate to visitors the original level of the surface. It forms a largequadrangular… … (19 ft. 9 in., 26 ft. 4 in., or 32 ft. 10 in.), before penetrating through allthe layers of ruin. Thus the aggregate depth of all the strata of debris, 62 NARRATIVE OF WORK AT TROY. [IXTEOD. from the surface to the rock itself, amounts to nearly 20 metres (66 ft.).The whole of this depth consists…
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