Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . were in the form of altars, but the inscription and emblems on themprevent them from being confounded. Sometimes the stone tabletswere surmounted with an oval heading called iirifrqfia. These tombswere most frequently built by the side of roads, and near the gatesof the city commemorative monuments were also erected, in which 106 IIANDB 0 OK OF ARGHM OLOG Y. architecture and sculpture have vied to enhance the splendour ofthese sepulchral structures. Many have been discovered in Lycia,rich with architectural and sculptural decoratio
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . were in the form of altars, but the inscription and emblems on themprevent them from being confounded. Sometimes the stone tabletswere surmounted with an oval heading called iirifrqfia. These tombswere most frequently built by the side of roads, and near the gatesof the city commemorative monuments were also erected, in which 106 IIANDB 0 OK OF ARGHM OLOG Y. architecture and sculpture have vied to enhance the splendour ofthese sepulchral structures. Many have been discovered in Lycia,rich with architectural and sculptural decoration. At Telinessus.
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