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Rude stone monuments in all countries; their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 478

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earsto be artificial, is recorded by Chardin. In travelling betweenTabriz and Miana, he observed on his left hand several circlesof hewn stones, which his companions informed him had beenplaced there by the Caous—the giants of the Kaianian dynasty. The stones, he remarks, are so large, that eight… … Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, p. i. No. 1, 1S70.- Travels in Persia, ii. p. Ill4, pi. Iv. fig. 11.• • Voyages en Perse, &c., i. p. 2117. 451 WESTERN ASIA. Chap. XII. has observed these stones. It does not, liowever, follow that theyare not still there, and hundreds of others besides; but while…

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