Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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... gates - the gate of Jerusalem , the gate on the sea , the gate of Gaza , the gate of Joppa . " The crusaders built there a castle of great strength , of which little stands . D'Arvieux , in 1659 , found the place a ruin ; its fallen ...
... gates - the gate of Jerusalem , the gate on the sea , the gate of Gaza , the gate of Joppa . " The crusaders built there a castle of great strength , of which little stands . D'Arvieux , in 1659 , found the place a ruin ; its fallen ...
Page 125
... gates have been a difficulty . Pausanias said he was shewn seven ; archaeologists say this is improbable , as the gates were destroyed by Demetrius in 290 B.C. Still , in A.D. 396 , when Alaric stormed through Boetica , Thebes was still ...
... gates have been a difficulty . Pausanias said he was shewn seven ; archaeologists say this is improbable , as the gates were destroyed by Demetrius in 290 B.C. Still , in A.D. 396 , when Alaric stormed through Boetica , Thebes was still ...
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... gates , of which one , a great arch in the south wall , was intact . The outer wall had six gates . Within the walls were foundations of buildings , blocks of marble and fragments of sculptures ; all the debris of a once flourishing ...
... gates , of which one , a great arch in the south wall , was intact . The outer wall had six gates . Within the walls were foundations of buildings , blocks of marble and fragments of sculptures ; all the debris of a once flourishing ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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