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 FUNEREAL ARCHITECTURE. who made excavations among the tumuli ; l his drawings for the most part, however, are so imperfect as not to deserve reproduc- tion. Some of these tombs, commanding as a rule an elevated '}-.fS-t 1^> ^f^-VV-j^.V' &iiV:3 L i^^^^ FIG. 2i$~ Tumulus at Assarlik. Transverse section. PATON, Excavations, p. 67. position, belong to the tumulus-type, examples of which are so plentiful throughout Lydia. Thus, Fig. 214 shows a vault entered by a covered passage, roofed by large slabs ; both it and the chamber are hidden under a mound made up of earth and FlG. 216. Tumulus at Gheresi. lbid. t p. bo. small stones. Above the grave-apartment the end stones of each course are corbelled out beyond one another, thus producing the effect of an arch (Fig. 215). In another of these tombs, which has had more care bestowed upon it, the hollow at the top was closed by an enormous stone, at least 4 m. 35 c. long (Fig. 216). A plan 1 W. R. PATON, Excavations in Caria (Hell. Studies, torn. viii. pp. 64-82).
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