The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 115National Geographic Society, 1959 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 92
... stone . Thatched houses on stone foundations crowded between the more massive and permanent structures . Outside this 10 - square - mile " downtown " zone lay " suburbs " studded with fewer pyramids but equally dense in stone - vaulted ...
... stone . Thatched houses on stone foundations crowded between the more massive and permanent structures . Outside this 10 - square - mile " downtown " zone lay " suburbs " studded with fewer pyramids but equally dense in stone - vaulted ...
Page 101
... stone blocks covered with gravel and capped in white cement ( page 94 ) . How much stone went into it ? A good 700 million pounds . When one stops to consider that these neolithic people had no metal tools and could quarry the local ...
... stone blocks covered with gravel and capped in white cement ( page 94 ) . How much stone went into it ? A good 700 million pounds . When one stops to consider that these neolithic people had no metal tools and could quarry the local ...
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... stone flowed in a cascade to the foot of the slope : squares and rectangles of white lime- stone with sharp , uneroded edges , blocks faced with intricate geometric carving , columnar drums , and finally the great door lintel at the ...
... stone flowed in a cascade to the foot of the slope : squares and rectangles of white lime- stone with sharp , uneroded edges , blocks faced with intricate geometric carving , columnar drums , and finally the great door lintel at the ...
Contents
A TROPICAL BIT OF FRANCE 255 | vi |
FIRST CROSSINGS OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH | 1 |
THE ARCTIC AS A SEA ROUTE OF THE FUTURE | 21 |
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