Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 166
ory. In the Island of Cretewe must search for the documents bv excavation, for the recol-lection of past ages has been interrupted. For this reason it would be well for some one to set to workon a comparative history of Minoan and Egyptian architecture.Fig. 51 represents the northern entrance of… … FIG. 73.—BROXZE KEY OF THE MYCEX.^JAX PERIOD. these great blocks must have been much the same as thatdescribed in the architecture of Vitruvius, and we can imaginethe rollers, the inclined planes, the pulleys and the cranes, as theywere used by Greeks and Romans. All the wooden objects…
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