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

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 472

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se, have apparentlysprung from a different source. Yet it is curious to observe thateven here the inevitable flints reappear. In one tomb, known asKouloba, or Hill of Cinders, were found the remains of a chief,with his wife, their servants, and a horse. He wore a cap orna-mented with gold, a gold… … inscribed with the Greek word IIopm%o. The queens ornamentswere richer in metal and more elaborate in workmanship than herhusbands, yet among all this magnificence were found a quantityof flakes and other implements of flint:x a tolerably convincingproof that flint implements were not buried in…

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