Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . is to be taken asindicating death by execution, added light may be thrown onthe interpretation of a passage in the Vendidad, where, amongother comparisons of torture and punishment, the torments ofhell are described as being as painful as if one should nailthe bones of his perishable body with iron nails.^ It is quite evident, from what has been said, that GeogTapah was not only an ancient settlement, but that a part ofthe mound served also as a cemetery. At one place, where adeep road
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . is to be taken asindicating death by execution, added light may be thrown onthe interpretation of a passage in the Vendidad, where, amongother comparisons of torture and punishment, the torments ofhell are described as being as painful as if one should nailthe bones of his perishable body with iron nails.^ It is quite evident, from what has been said, that GeogTapah was not only an ancient settlement, but that a part ofthe mound served also as a cemetery. At one place, where adeep road had been cut in the hill, I saw a number of gravesexposed, but they were near the surface and apparently notvery old, although in a ghastly condition to behold. Choosinga spot on the other side of the hill, where it was possible toexcavate at a lower level on account of the conformation of the 1 See Shedd, quoted by Ward, op. steter, SBE. P. 48; Le ZA. 2. 63, ci«. p. 287. n. 43; and consult also Bartholomae, 2 So Vd. , fsgbil. . ava-paSai, is Air. Wb. p. to be understood; see Darme-. Bas-Remef Cylinder euuxd neak Ukumiah (Now iu the Miti-oiKilitan Museum, New York) (Twu thints actual size)
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