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 856
^ indicatedby a facade cut on the side of the hill A number of passages, … 8^6 TOMBS AND CATACOMBS. sometimes intersected by deep wells and large halls, finally led,frequently by concealed entrances, to the large chamber wherewas the sarcophagus, generally of granite, basalt, or alabaster.The sides of the entire excavation, as well as the roof, werecovered with paintings,…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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