Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)
Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 493
ice the holes on each side of this slab over theentrance. In fact I see no reason to doubt the existence ofan inscription when Aristobulus and Onesicritus visited thetomb with Alexander, any more than we might now argue thatthe bas-relief of Cyrus never had an inscription, because oneno longer… … THE INTERIOR OF THE SEPULCHRE 291 2 in. and its width 2 ft. 7|^ in.,i and it is necessary tocrouch in order to pass through, as Arrian affirmed. Theoriginal door to the vault was probably a heavy stone swing-ing on pivots, such as may be seen at the supposed tomb ofEsther and Mordecai at Hamadan…
Zoroastrianism
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