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 194 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Part I. an "eternal dwelling " for himself after death. The tomb known as that of Darius at Naksh-i-Rustam (Woodcut 88), is an exact reproduc- tion, not only of the architectural features of the palace, but to the o Q o D O 03 Oh •a En same scale, and in every respect so siniilar, ihat it seems impossible to doubt but that the one was intended as a literal copy of the other. Assuming it to be so, we learn what kind of coniiee rested on the double bull cajdtals. And what is still more iiitere.stino- we obtain a