. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. emberwhether these lower tombs had been opened before,or whether they were found sealed ; probably theformer, as nothing of importance was brought out ofthem ; and yet there can be no doubt that they werethe graves of distinguished persons only. Having found these sepulchres at the base of themound, the Arci Prete and the general agreed, fromwhat they knew of the Etruscan method of burying,that the tomb of the chief person in whose honourthe entire mound had been erected, must occupy amore elevated place by itself, and was therefore to besought for
. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. emberwhether these lower tombs had been opened before,or whether they were found sealed ; probably theformer, as nothing of importance was brought out ofthem ; and yet there can be no doubt that they werethe graves of distinguished persons only. Having found these sepulchres at the base of themound, the Arci Prete and the general agreed, fromwhat they knew of the Etruscan method of burying,that the tomb of the chief person in whose honourthe entire mound had been erected, must occupy amore elevated place by itself, and was therefore to besought for a considerable way higher up towards thecentre, and far above the tombs already found. It wasmy impression, from the many holes which we lookeddown into between the lower wall and the principaltomb, that there had been a second row of vaultedburying places in this hill ; but we were not told so,neither have I heard, in any lecture, of such a formI burial. The wall had a coping-stone, very neatlyworked, and the stones of the basement row wen. l . .
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