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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When the field was first put into condition for athletics a number of cross trenches were dug 35 feet apart, connecting with a large central drain leading to the river. At the mouth of the main drain a valve was placed to keep out the tide. On examination it has been found that these drains serve their purpose well in some parts of the field and poorly in others. This is due to the fact that the soil of a portion of the field, particularly in the middle of the old gridiron, is largely clay and mud, through which...
...same limits, until the builders of the sixth city extended bounds and founded Troy. On Troy were built two unimportant Greek cities and, finally, in the time of Augustus, the Romans erected a temple to Minerva upon all. To do this they levelled the top of the hill and dug deep into the ruins for foundations...
However, Dr. Doerpfeld continued the work of excavation and found three more cities. Dr. Schliemann in his investigations had overlooked the shell which had been left in excavating the mound. This was dug into by Dr. Doerpfeld and the other cities disclosed. These were built in the years from 3000 B. C. down to the time of Augustus...
...some valuable excavations at Khorsabad in 1851-55, an account of which was published in 1857 and again in 1870. Both Botta and Place were especially interested in the Assyrian architecture and sculpture, and much of our knowledge of these arts is due to them. De Sarzec in 1887 dug up near the Persian Gulf some statues in the round, cut in hard, highly polished stone. De Clecq made a study of the Assyrian seals, and a volume of beautiful engravings of these cylinders has been published by the French government. Pierrot and Chipiez's book on Assyrian...
...possible that such a result should be attained? Why should so large an amount of labor have been put into this form of wealth, when the conditions of human existence were so strait and painful? Why, when bread was scarce almost to the point of famine, should men have dug for gold...