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 SlPYLUS AND ITS MONUMENTS. 47 walled up after the body had been laid in it. The space around, measuring 3 m. 50 c., was tightly packed with stones of different FIG. 15. Plan of tomb of Tantalus. TEXIER, Description, Plate CXXX. sizes so as to fill up every interstice ; eight partitions, 2 m. 70 c. long FIG. 16. Chamber of tomb of Tantalus, Longi- FIG. 17. Chamber of tomb of Tantalus, tudinal section. TxiER, Description, Plate Transverse section. WEBER, LeSipylos, CXXXI. Plate I. and three stones deep, ran from the central nucleus to a first by Te'xier, from the third course. As to the hollows which appear towards the top and the middle of the wall, they are due to attempts doubtless made with a view to ascertain the existence of some secret passage to the grave-chamber ere it was closed up. Similar attempts proved vain, for nothing has been revealed save a stony mass.