Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 72
rhypothesis, inasmuch as a true and a false tomb are characteristicof all similar monuments. In the pyramids of Egypt they co-existed. In every Buddhist tope, without exception, there is aTee, which is in every case we know only a simulated relic-casket.Originally it may have been the place where… … Chap. II. CIRCLES. 47 the crowd on certain festivals, it is difficult to understand wherethey were kept, except in some external case like this. Inevery instance, however, in whicha relic has been found it hasbeen in the centre of the Topeand never in the Tee. A stillmore apposite illustration,…
Megalithic monuments
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