. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. 133. Fig. 134. columns about 5 metres in height, which, standing on three steps,were evidently destined to carry a cornice ; this, however, has beendestroyed by the upper parts falling on it. Whether the topconsisted of a stone pyramid, or of a hill planted with shrubs and H 98 DETACHED Fig. 135. trees, cannot now be distinguished. On the northern side, whichis the best preserved (see Fig. 135), between the fifth and sixthcolumns of the western corner (see plan, Fig. 136; scale = 15metres), lies a door (a), through which one enters the grave-ch
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. 133. Fig. 134. columns about 5 metres in height, which, standing on three steps,were evidently destined to carry a cornice ; this, however, has beendestroyed by the upper parts falling on it. Whether the topconsisted of a stone pyramid, or of a hill planted with shrubs and H 98 DETACHED Fig. 135. trees, cannot now be distinguished. On the northern side, whichis the best preserved (see Fig. 135), between the fifth and sixthcolumns of the western corner (see plan, Fig. 136; scale = 15metres), lies a door (a), through which one enters the grave-chambers. The first compartment is an entrance-hall (b), 9*20 metres wide by 3 metresdeep, in the small sides of whichthere are niches. A seconddoor (c) leads into a largerchamber (d), (6-70 by 440metres), in the walls of whichare unequal niches, with fivecouches for the dead; these,however, were found emptywhen the tomb was the walls of all thesechambers (which extend onlyover a fourth part of the wholebasis, and probably werejoined by others) a fine coatingof stucco has been preserved,with some traces of paintingon it. Tombs of this kind,cut into the rock, were notusual in Greece. Detachedgrave - buildings were evi-dently the rule, and of thenumerous varieties of these we propose to give some specimens. b. The oldest
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