. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. s of the shepherds areto be distinguished from these, although it wasnot unusually the case that they were convertedinto military towers, and eventually into forti-fied cities. The Ditch. — The digging of a fosse in-creased the elevation of the walls of a town orfortress, and increased in the same proportionthe difficulty of an enemys Thefosse, if the situation allowed, was filled withwater. Of these we have the following inter-esting examples from Ancient Egypt. Thefirst shows a fortres
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. s of the shepherds areto be distinguished from these, although it wasnot unusually the case that they were convertedinto military towers, and eventually into forti-fied cities. The Ditch. — The digging of a fosse in-creased the elevation of the walls of a town orfortress, and increased in the same proportionthe difficulty of an enemys Thefosse, if the situation allowed, was filled withwater. Of these we have the following inter-esting examples from Ancient Egypt. Thefirst shows a fortress enclosed by a doublewall, surrounded by a broad fosse filled withwater. Warriors of the adverse parties arestruggling in the water, and a party salliesforth at the gate over what appears to be a * It is from a curious papyrus in the Royal Museum at Tunis,of which a portion (including tliis figure) Iorms the frontispieceof Scyffarths Beitrage zur Kunntniss dcs Alten iEgypten. t 2 Sam. XX. la; Ne); Psa. xhiii. 13; Isa. xxvi. 1 Chap. IX.] NOTES TO JUDAH, from 725 , to 586 621. [4. Fortiess with Fosse and Double Wall.] bridge. The other is equally interesting, as it I within and the other witliout the wall, bothexhibits the peculiarity of two fosses, one | filled with water, and crossed by bridges.
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