. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . f thePharaohs. The monarch raises his right hand with thegesture of a man speaking to an assembled people, and as ifrepeating the legend traced above his image: I am Cyrus,the king, the Achsemenian. He was buried not far off, in the monumental tombwhich he had probablybuilt for himself in asquare enclosure, hav-ing a portico on threeof its sides; a smallchamber, with a ridgeroof, rises from a basecomposed of six reced-ing steps, so arrangedas to appear of unequalheight. The doorwayis narrow, and so lowthat a man of mediumstatue finds
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . f thePharaohs. The monarch raises his right hand with thegesture of a man speaking to an assembled people, and as ifrepeating the legend traced above his image: I am Cyrus,the king, the Achsemenian. He was buried not far off, in the monumental tombwhich he had probablybuilt for himself in asquare enclosure, hav-ing a portico on threeof its sides; a smallchamber, with a ridgeroof, rises from a basecomposed of six reced-ing steps, so arrangedas to appear of unequalheight. The doorwayis narrow, and so lowthat a man of mediumstatue finds some diffi-culty in entering. It issurmounted by a hol-low moulding, quiteEgyptian in style, and was closed by a two-leaved stonedoor. The golden coflSn rested on a couch of the samemetal, Covered with precious stuffs; and a circular table,laden with drinking-vessels and ornaments enriched withprecious stones, completed the furniture of the body of the conqueror remained undisturbed on this 1 Drawn by Boudier, from the photograph by CTEUS THE ACHjEMENIAN. THE TOMB OP CYRUS 129 spot for two centuries under the care of the priests; butwhile Alexander was waging war on the Indian frontier,the Greek officers, to whom he had entrusted the govern-ment of Persia proper, allowed themselves to be temptedby the enormous wealth which the funerary chapel was
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