Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 349
^ 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 southern Italy,especially in Campania, the common tombs are… … A GREKK SACRIFICE. VASES FOUND IN TOMBS. 337 rude stones or tiles, and are exactly of sufficient size to containa corpse and live 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 · Classical antiquities
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