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... remains nothing now but that of its situation . J. P. Grelot , A late voyage to Constantinople ( 1683 ) > But the ruins of ancient Cyzicus suffered earlier and more devastatingly from the depredations of time and of builders than any ...
... remains nothing now but that of its situation . J. P. Grelot , A late voyage to Constantinople ( 1683 ) > But the ruins of ancient Cyzicus suffered earlier and more devastatingly from the depredations of time and of builders than any ...
Page 165
... remains at Alaca Hüyük are Hittite ; though Hamilton , its discoverer , had , like Texier , little idea what he had found . a Hafiz Agha reported that he had learned from some peasants , that in the neighbouring village of Euyuk , about ...
... remains at Alaca Hüyük are Hittite ; though Hamilton , its discoverer , had , like Texier , little idea what he had found . a Hafiz Agha reported that he had learned from some peasants , that in the neighbouring village of Euyuk , about ...
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... remains of buildings . During the day we had seen in the distance to the east the mountains of Syria rising majestically ffom the sea . As we forced our way through myrtle and olive bushes and marshy ground , game of many descriptions ...
... remains of buildings . During the day we had seen in the distance to the east the mountains of Syria rising majestically ffom the sea . As we forced our way through myrtle and olive bushes and marshy ground , game of many descriptions ...
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