Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum: Being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Art Preserved There |
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... discovery of a Chian artist , were of great value for the mechanical ' advancement of the arts , which were still further promoted by the use of pottery , in remote ages an extensive trade at Corinth , Ægina , Samos , and Athens , and ...
... discovery of a Chian artist , were of great value for the mechanical ' advancement of the arts , which were still further promoted by the use of pottery , in remote ages an extensive trade at Corinth , Ægina , Samos , and Athens , and ...
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... discovered in 1823 by Messrs . Angell and Harris , by whom these casts were presented to the Museum . The originals are preserved at Palermo . These frag- ments consist of four portions . The first was from the central temple on the ...
... discovered in 1823 by Messrs . Angell and Harris , by whom these casts were presented to the Museum . The originals are preserved at Palermo . These frag- ments consist of four portions . The first was from the central temple on the ...
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... discovered by Mr. Cockerell , the Chev . Bröndsted , Von Stackelberg , and others , in the year 1811 , at which time careful excavations were made on the spot , by means of which all the members of the cornice and mouldings have been ...
... discovered by Mr. Cockerell , the Chev . Bröndsted , Von Stackelberg , and others , in the year 1811 , at which time careful excavations were made on the spot , by means of which all the members of the cornice and mouldings have been ...
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... discovered in its immediate neighbourhood a slab built into a modern Greek church , containing the words HΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΣ— The limit of the Sacred precinct of Athene ; " and 3. That the position of the building , which is eight ...
... discovered in its immediate neighbourhood a slab built into a modern Greek church , containing the words HΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΣ— The limit of the Sacred precinct of Athene ; " and 3. That the position of the building , which is eight ...
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... discovered among the ruins near the Temple , and as the size corresponds , it has been generally supposed to be the head of Athene . The sockets of the eyes have been filled by precious stones or metal , and a furrow , which forms the ...
... discovered among the ruins near the Temple , and as the size corresponds , it has been generally supposed to be the head of Athene . The sockets of the eyes have been filled by precious stones or metal , and a furrow , which forms the ...
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