Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . Nos. 1553, 1554. Tomb of Infant, made of sun-burnt bricks. of asbestos was found mixed withthem. This was unfortunately toofragile to be removed, but its appear-ance when first discovered plainlyshowed that it must have consistedof some woven texture. The interiorof the tomb was 18 inches long by9 broad and 8 high. The body of theother infant was that of a young child(No. 1555), which was laid
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . Nos. 1553, 1554. Tomb of Infant, made of sun-burnt bricks. of asbestos was found mixed withthem. This was unfortunately toofragile to be removed, but its appear-ance when first discovered plainlyshowed that it must have consistedof some woven texture. The interiorof the tomb was 18 inches long by9 broad and 8 high. The body of theother infant was that of a young child(No. 1555), which was laid on the. No. 1555. Tomb of Child, made of sun burnt bricks. light side, with the knees bent up,the right arm extended, the leftcrossed over the body, and the headresting upon the breast. It hadapparently sunk down from itsoriginal position. The right side ofthe tomb in which it was placed wasmade of stone instead of brick, and itshead was turned towards the interior of the grave measured16 inches in length, 9 in breadth, and 9 in height. No asbestos was foundwith this skeleton, nor indeed withany of the others, the body of thenewly-born babe alone excepted. Asmay be seen from the plan, the inter-ments are on the west, rather than onthe east, side of the tumulus. According to Professor Virchow, therace t) whom the skeletons belongedwas brachycephalic; and the shin-bones have the remarkable peculiarityof being angular,—a peculiarity nowconfined to the Malay race. He is atpresent engaged in writing a descrip-tion of them. No defensive walls were brought tolight in the lower part of str
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