A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . TOWER OF FIRE. 205. Fig. 48. — Tower of Fire, at Nuksh-i-Rustam. (After Dieulafoy.) The upper portion consists of a single ehainher. There is no signof a vent for the smoke. As smoke is the work of the evil spirit,and offensive to the pure lire, all measures had to be taken to pre-vent its formation. On tlie outside of the tower are seen not (mlywindow-like recesses, hut also small cavities regularly disposed overthe surface; these served to fasten the stucco or sheets of metal 206 THE A CIIA E MEN IB A E.
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . TOWER OF FIRE. 205. Fig. 48. — Tower of Fire, at Nuksh-i-Rustam. (After Dieulafoy.) The upper portion consists of a single ehainher. There is no signof a vent for the smoke. As smoke is the work of the evil spirit,and offensive to the pure lire, all measures had to be taken to pre-vent its formation. On tlie outside of the tower are seen not (mlywindow-like recesses, hut also small cavities regularly disposed overthe surface; these served to fasten the stucco or sheets of metal 206 THE A CIIA E MEN IB A E. with which the biiikliiig was covered. As can l)e recognized in theengraving, a lofty ornamentation reached from the cornice over thedoor to the edge of the roof. The door w&s reached by a flight ofsteps now destroyed. The roof is of stone and perfectly flat. A hall very similar to that of Xerxes is found also in Susa, onthe northern tumulus. It was composed of thirty-six colunnis, withvestibules, situated on the western and eastern sides. In an in-scription of Darius, found by Loftus, this thron
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