West of the river, a rampart, twenty feet high, runs for nearly a mile parallel, at the distance of about 1000 yards from the old course of the
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The Mounds of Babylon
The broad walls of Babylon” are “utterly broken” down, and her “high gates burned with fire.Continuing The Ancient City of Babylon,our selection
The Palaces of Babylon
Such was the general character of the town and its chief edifices, if we may believe the descriptions of eye-witnesses.Continuing The Ancient City
Babylon’s Ziggurat
It was a huge solid mass of brick-work, built (like all Babylonian temple-towers) in stages, square being emplaced on square, and a sort of rude
The Ancient City of Babylon
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Largest and Most Magnificent City of the Ancient
The Sphynx
Today's installment concludes Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson and by Arthur Gilman published in
The Builders Were Tyrants
They have indeed handed down their names to a remote age: but it is as tyrants and oppressors.Continuing Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection
The Biggest Tombs Ever
The "Pyramid Builders," or kings who constructed the three monuments that have now been described, were, according to a unanimous tradition, three
The First and Second Pyramids
The "Great Pyramid" presents, moreover, many other marvels besides its size.Continuing Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection from Ancient Egypt