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 Sepulchral Architecture. 277 platform, by 5 m. 60 c. broad. The entrance, 1 m. 45 c. is in the middle of the west side, and opens into a small ante-room, with a 'j '2 3 '4 '5M'-' Fig. 185. — Longitudinal Section through C D E F. door leading into a second chamber 2 m. 45 c. each way, the left and end walls of which exhibit an arched niche (Figs. 185, 186) Fig. 1 86. — Transverse Section through A B. some 80 c. above the floor. There is one also on the right side wall, but smaller (Fig. 184). Another peculiarity about this monument is the coned roof rarely seen in the hypogées of Palestine, but of