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. 656-66I. Saws of Chalcedony or Flint, and Knives of Obsidian. (Half actual size. Depth, 24 to 33 ft.) No. N^s. 666, 667. Stone Axes. (Actual size. Depth, 26 ft.) and 665—bear the marks of having been fixed in a wooden 660, 661, and 662 are knives of obsidian; but, as I have fullydiscussed similar objects in the preceding pages, I shall not speak ofthem here any further, m

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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. 656-66I. Saws of Chalcedony or Flint, and Knives of Obsidian. (Half actual size. Depth, 24 to 33 ft.) No. N^s. 666, 667. Stone Axes. (Actual size. Depth, 26 ft.) and 665—bear the marks of having been fixed in a wooden 660, 661, and 662 are knives of obsidian; but, as I have fullydiscussed similar objects in the preceding pages, I shall not speak ofthem here any further, merely adding that knives of obsidian have alsobeen found in the pre-historic city on the Island of Thera (Santorin). Nos. 666 to 677 represent twelve axes or chisels which, according toProfessor Maskelyne and Mr. Davies, are of blue serpentinous rock, green No. 670.

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