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 80
^ probably considered as sufficient refuge againstan evil of which they could not guess the whole extent. It wasa vain hope; the same fate awaited them all by different ways. … o o < O•A M 111 70 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. The strong vaults and narrow openings to the day protectedthem, indeed, from the falHng cinders; but the heat, sufficient tochar wood, and volatiHze the more subtle part of the ashes, couldnot be kept out by such means. The vital air was changed intoa…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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