The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . tly AAaththose of the loAver. Above these was a third course of hcAA^nstones, somcAvhat smaller than the others, Avhich were laid inthe ordinary manner. Here the construction, as discoA^ered,terminated; but it Avas evident, from the debris of hcAAai stonesat the foot of the AA-all. that originally the courses had beencontinued to a much greater height. ^^ In this description of the buildings raised hy the
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . tly AAaththose of the loAver. Above these was a third course of hcAA^nstones, somcAvhat smaller than the others, Avhich were laid inthe ordinary manner. Here the construction, as discoA^ered,terminated; but it Avas evident, from the debris of hcAAai stonesat the foot of the AA-all. that originally the courses had beencontinued to a much greater height. ^^ In this description of the buildings raised hy the AssjTiansit has been noticed more than once that they Avere not igno-rant of the use of the arch.^ The old notion that the roundarch was a discovery of the Roman, and the pointed of theGothic architecture, has gradually faded away AAith our ever-increasing knoAA^ledge of the actual state of the ancient world; ^and antiquarians Avere not, perhaps, very much surprised to Vol. I. F,g Plate. LVII ptA t££3 :± E-^ (T\ yi^f^ fl£ Assyrian baltlemcnteU 2. .c I / •III >..;» V^.^:^ «ij ^ 3;?i^i .,;, f&iiiSrZ; Masonry o£ Platform Wall, Kborsabad. Section of same Fig, MaMinry el town-\vr\ll (Khorsabml Plate LVII fif/ 1.
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