Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . B B B A Leycl of the/////ricrnt soil. Yj^ Lcucrpart oft/ie^?PW14I contaminffl•//?//?i/trrrr Tcmisl I JVhrrior^ Tomb. \\\\.si^r cais Yi/i/wnma the \Hr/rrarv Urns. \ Y^.Trmb of die Mi//!/f i>f e/?e rpn>li. C^RE OR AGYLLA. 345 higher and broader than those of the other Galassi did not know how to reach the cen-tral tomb. The Arci Prete had ideas of his own uponthe subject, gained by experience, and by followingout which, he came upon one of the most extraor-dinary discoveries of modern times. He excavatedfrom the top u
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . B B B A Leycl of the/////ricrnt soil. Yj^ Lcucrpart oft/ie^?PW14I contaminffl•//?//?i/trrrr Tcmisl I JVhrrior^ Tomb. \\\\.si^r cais Yi/i/wnma the \Hr/rrarv Urns. \ Y^.Trmb of die Mi//!/f i>f e/?e rpn>li. C^RE OR AGYLLA. 345 higher and broader than those of the other Galassi did not know how to reach the cen-tral tomb. The Arci Prete had ideas of his own uponthe subject, gained by experience, and by followingout which, he came upon one of the most extraor-dinary discoveries of modern times. He excavatedfrom the top until he arrived at a slope, which bysteps had led down to a massive stone door towardsthe centre of the hillock ; this he broke, and beholdhe had gained the wished-for prize ! I think therewere no steps remaining by which we could descend,for we scrambled down as we might have doneinto some old Derbyshire mine, and entered by asort of rude arch into a vaulted portico. I call it asort of arch, because it would seem to have beenconstructed before the regular arch was known, orits principle conceived. It had the appearance, bothwithin and without, which is represented in theplates, and it gave me the idea that its builderswould h
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