Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 531
452 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 562. The tomb of Darius the Great, son of Hystaspes (B.C. 521-485). At Naktch-i-Rustem near Persepolis. … This tomb is cut in the face of the rock, and is onlyaccessible by means of ladders, the bottom ledge beingsome 12 metres above the level of the plain. The middlepart of the facade has a door-way and four engagedcolumns; the entrance to the tomb is by an aperture inthis doorway. The topmost part of…
Classical antiquities
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