Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 359
boring to adepth of several feet beneaththe surface. The early tombs of CivitaVecchia, and Caere, or Cer-vetri, in Italy, are tunneledin the earth; and those atVulci, and in the Etruscanterritory, from which the finest and largest vases have beenextracted, are chambers hewn in the rocks. In… … A GREEK SACRIFICE. VASES FOUND IN TOMBS. 337 rude stones or tiles, and are exactly of sufficient size to containa corpse and five or six vases; a small one is placed near thehead, and the others between the legs of the body, or they areranged on each side, frequently on the left side alone. The…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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