. Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary ND MARBLE MOSAIC FOR THEFLOORS, COLORED GLASS FOR THE WINDOWS,GLASS MOSAIC FOR THE WALLS AND CEILINGS,AND BRONZE FOR FRAMES, LOCKS, HANDLES ANDSOCKETS. THE TIFFANY GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANYIS READY TO MAKE DESIGNS AND ESTI-MATES FOR ALL KINDS OF OUT-OFAND IN-DOOR MEMORIALS, ANDTO EXECUTE THE SAMEIN ANY SUITABLEMATERIAL m CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF A FEWOF THE WORLDS GREAT MORT-UARY MONUMENTS THREE OF THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT ARE THEGREATEST, AS WELL AS AMONG THE OLDESTMONUMENTS IN EXISTENCE, AND ARE RESPEC
. Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary ND MARBLE MOSAIC FOR THEFLOORS, COLORED GLASS FOR THE WINDOWS,GLASS MOSAIC FOR THE WALLS AND CEILINGS,AND BRONZE FOR FRAMES, LOCKS, HANDLES ANDSOCKETS. THE TIFFANY GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANYIS READY TO MAKE DESIGNS AND ESTI-MATES FOR ALL KINDS OF OUT-OFAND IN-DOOR MEMORIALS, ANDTO EXECUTE THE SAMEIN ANY SUITABLEMATERIAL m CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF A FEWOF THE WORLDS GREAT MORT-UARY MONUMENTS THREE OF THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT ARE THEGREATEST, AS WELL AS AMONG THE OLDESTMONUMENTS IN EXISTENCE, AND ARE RESPECT-IVELY THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS CHEOPS, CHEPH-REN AND MYCERIMUSj THE FIRST ONE, THELARGER OF THE THREE, IS 479 FEET HIGH, ANDCOVERS AN AREA OF ELEVEN ACRES. IT WASBUILT SOMETIME BEFORE THE YEAR 3908 B. C. THE TOMBS OF BENI-HASSEN, IN CENTRAL EGYPTARE THE MOST REMARKABLE GROTTO TOMBS INTHE WORLD. EACH ONE CONSISTS OF AN CHAMBER, A WELL LEADING TO THEVAULT, AND A FUNERAL VAULT WITH ITS SARCO-PHAGUS. THESE TOMBS WERE HOLLOWED OUTOF THE MOUNTAIN SIDE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THEYEAR 3000 THE TOMB OF KINO SETY I, IS THE MOST MAG-NIFICENT OF ALL OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMBSTHROUGH ITS GRANDEUR AND PROFUSION OFSCULPTURES WITH WHICH IT IS ADORNED. MOO THE PHRYGEAN TOMBS AT KUMBET AND AYA-ZINN, ASIA MINOR, ARE MARKED BY THE SINGU-LAR ORNAMENTATION OF THEIR FACADES, WHICHARE EITHER PLAIN WITH THE DOOR GUARDEDBY LIONS OR COVERED WITH A GEOMETRIC PAT-TERN. 680 THE TOMB OF THE SATRAP PERICLES, DISCOV-ERED IN 1842, BY SIR CHARLES FELLOWS, NOT FARFROM THE AGORA OF XANTHUS IN LYCIA, HOLDSAN IMPORTANT PLACE AMONG THE REMAINS OFANTIQUITY, BECAUSE IT STANDS IN THE LINE OFDESCENT, A LINE MARKED BY MANY LACUNAE,WHICH CONNECTS THE MURAL RELIEFS OF AS-SYRIA, WITH THEIR FULNESS OF HISTORIC DETAIL,AND THE MAGNIFICENTS OF IMPERIAL TOMB ILLUSTRATES THE ASIATIC CUSTOMOF REGARDING A TOMB AS A MONUMENT OF THEFAME, AND A RECORD OF THE EXPLOITS OF SOME GREAT RULER OR LEADER,* FOR ITS SCULPT
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