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 Bk. IV. Ch. I. TUMULI. 287 Like a Nubian pyramid or Buddhist tope, it consists of an inner and older tumulus, around and over which another has t)een added. In the outer mound are five tombs either of dependent or inferior personages. These were rifled long ago ; but the outer pyramid having effectually concealed the entrance to the prin- cipal tomb, it remained untouched till very lately, when it yielded to its discoverers a riclier collection of ornaments and utensils in <j:old and bronze than has ever been found in one place before. The dimensions and arrange- ments of this tumulus will be under- stood from Woodcuts Nos. 170, 171, and from the two sections of the 170. Plan of the Keguliui Galeassi Tomb. Scale 100 ft. to 1 iu. 171. Sections of the Kegulini Galeassi Tomb. (From Canina's "Etruria Antica.") Scale for large section, 50 ft. to 1 iu. principal tomb which are annexed to them. These last display an irregularity of construction very unusual in such cases, for which no cause can be assigned. The usual section is perfectly regular, as in the annexed woodcut (No. 172), taken from another tomb at the same place. These chambers, like all those of the early Etruscans, are vaulted on the horizontal principle, like the tombs at Mycenoe and Orchomenos,