Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 475
confirmed by subsequent writers, for an account of monumentswhich we would like to see measured and drawn with modernaccuracy. It is, on the other hand, however, a gain to find atrustworthy witness who lived among a people who buried theirdead in tumuli and sacrificed horses in their honour, and… … liiB. Tumulus at Alcxauclropol. The general appearance of these tumuli may be judged of byone of the most magnificent recently excavated by the Russiansnear Alexandropol, between the Dnieper and the Bazaolouk. Itis about 1000 feet in circumference and 70 feet high, and wasoriginally surmounted by a…
Megalithic monuments
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