The palaces of Crete and their builders . When I was aboiufind no file that would cut chip some off with a scalpel and the in^ it had never been hammered. Otherwise -- ,vouIa nave brokento pieces. This magnetite is black inside. According to theanalysis it consists of oxydized We may be certain thatit was a sacred stone from the fact that the Neolithic folkhad not made a weapon or a hammer of it. Possibly theybelieved it to be a meteoric stone : it was known at that. FIG. 6.—PIECE OF MAGNETITE FOUND, AT A DEPTH OF 4 METRES,IX THE PIT (fig. 4) NEAR A TERRACOTTA FEIMALE FIGURE. per
The palaces of Crete and their builders . When I was aboiufind no file that would cut chip some off with a scalpel and the in^ it had never been hammered. Otherwise -- ,vouIa nave brokento pieces. This magnetite is black inside. According to theanalysis it consists of oxydized We may be certain thatit was a sacred stone from the fact that the Neolithic folkhad not made a weapon or a hammer of it. Possibly theybelieved it to be a meteoric stone : it was known at that. FIG. 6.—PIECE OF MAGNETITE FOUND, AT A DEPTH OF 4 METRES,IX THE PIT (fig. 4) NEAR A TERRACOTTA FEIMALE FIGURE. period that these stones came from heaven, for they appear with a luminous track and fall to earth with a sound. That it was a cultus object we may be sure from its having beenfound near an idol. Magnetic oxide ot iron ... ... ... 9658i Silica and ... ... ... 3*169 Oxide of manganese ... ... ... ... oi5o Loss and other substances not weighed ... OMOO Specific weight 4-86 ^ERS iiwv»iiJt£ Lxitii. tiiv^ wLji>_».u wi illy ivjUiiiv-y vv CIO nj occis. rOT SKUllS keletons of the Bronze Age, Dr. Hazzidaki took me to aplace 1 the valley of S. Paolo, below Phasstos, where fragmentsof terracotta sarcophagi are often turned up in ploughing. Thelabourers were beginning to cut the unripe corn in order tomake cuttings at the points which Dr. Hazzidaki had markedout. A peasant told us that twenty years ago his father had foundhere a large tile while ploughing. On raising
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