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Show Sire of Ancient Babylon. Ancient Unh)lon waa not anch a great city n mime hnte uppoacd, according ac-cording In If VnUntlno fleere, (ho archucologtal He an): "The Idea of llnb)lon vnatne and mtgnlfl eence, to which we hate become accustomed, ac-customed, ha hern practically exploded explod-ed Dr Kodewey told mo Hint Iho Ito of tho city wa larger than that ot any other ancient city, but even o. tho Idcn that It could bo compared with london and It auhurb, which ha been very generally held, la entirely en-tirely erroneoua. In point of fact. It appear that II wall wcro not moro than eight miles In clrcumfcrinco. Moreover, tho great palace aro ahown lo havo been poor affair after all, with wretchedly cramped apartment, and ncit to no pretention lo archl ttctural t)lc. and tho temple were eicccllngly crudo building." |