Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolisBeechey, Frederick William
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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolis
Beechey, Frederick William
Sidra, Gulf of (Libya); Tripoli (Libya) -- Antiquities; Tripoli (Libya) -- Discovery and exploration
Actual Condition of the City of Teuchira — Perfect State and great
Strength of its Walls — Suggested Period of their Erection —
Mode in which they are constructed — Gates of the City — Narrow
Passage communicating with them — Probable Advance of the Sea
at Teuchira — Line described by the Walls — Estimated Circuit
of them according to Signor Della Cella — Greek Inscriptions
cut in various parts of them — Suggestions of Signor Della
Cella respecting them — Actual Nature of the Inscriptions —
Excavated Tombs in the Quarries of Teuchira — Egyptian Names of
Months generally adopted by the Inhabitants of the City — General
Nature of the Plans of the Tombs — Some of the Bodies appear
to have been burnt, and others to have been buried entire — No
Difference appears to have obtained at Teuchira between the Modes
of Burial adopted by its Greek and Roman Inhabitants — Encumbered
State of what are probably the earliest Tombs — Solitary instance
of a Painted Tomb at Teuchira — Remains of Christian Churches,
and other Buildings within the Walls — Disposition of the Streets
— Remains without the Walls — No Statues, or Remains of them,
discovered by our Party at Teuchira — Remarks on the Wall of
Ptolemeta — Remains of a Naustothmos, or Naval Station, observed
there — Other Remains of Building on the Beach near the Station
— Further traces of the City-Wall — Dimensions of Ptolemeta —
Remains of Theatres found there — Description of the larger one
— Ruins described by Bruce as part of an Ionic Temple — Other
Remains in the Neighbourhood of these — Remarks on the Style of
some of the Buildings of Ptolemeta, as contrasted with those of
Egypt and Nubia — Probable Date of its existing Remains.
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