. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . CR088 SECTION. fil!EBT§BflWHB8 0FDflHft5 ground. We penetrated into it by a dark and narrowpassage, and groping our way gingerly down a steep descentby the light of a couple of candles we found ourselves atlast in a titanic cellar, 60 feet long and 50 wide, dividedby a massive arcade into two naves, and roofed by a doublebarrel vault 50 feet above the level of the floor. This is 52 THE MARCHES OF ANCIENT ROME doubtless the Great Granary mentioned by Zachariah ofMitylene ; but (being underground) it is of course nowdeemed to have been a dunge
. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . CR088 SECTION. fil!EBT§BflWHB8 0FDflHft5 ground. We penetrated into it by a dark and narrowpassage, and groping our way gingerly down a steep descentby the light of a couple of candles we found ourselves atlast in a titanic cellar, 60 feet long and 50 wide, dividedby a massive arcade into two naves, and roofed by a doublebarrel vault 50 feet above the level of the floor. This is 52 THE MARCHES OF ANCIENT ROME doubtless the Great Granary mentioned by Zachariah ofMitylene ; but (being underground) it is of course nowdeemed to have been a dungeon, and is known locally as the Big Oubliette. The prodigious size of the stonesemployed in building it, and the extreme solidity of themasonry, made us think of the famous cisterns at Con-stantinople as very inferior structures indeed.* The use of such very large stones is a notable feature ofDara and gives a more grandiose character to ruins magni-ficent in themselves. Two average sized blocks on theramparts, which still lay conveniently in situ, affordedample
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