Word: croesuses
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Many tons of antiques, from the Hittite to the Byzantine period, unearthed at Sardis, ancient capital of King Croesus, in Asia Minor, were received by the Metropolitan Museum. The site of Sardis is called by Sir William Ramsay "the most promising ground for archæological work in the world." The city has been buried and preserved by an earthquake-as Pompeii by a volcano. The material received is described by Thomas Hastings, New York architect, as " the most magnificent material which has come to the United States out of Asia Minor...
...rich as Croesus, - and there's Helen Jeer...
...wealth of Croesus ne'er could...