The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 73National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... STONE Although conventionalized designs are common , in most cases figures of disciples or angel - like Apsarases form the motif of the elaborately chiseled patterns . Lotus blossoms , much used in Buddhist decoration , appear as bosses ...
... STONE Although conventionalized designs are common , in most cases figures of disciples or angel - like Apsarases form the motif of the elaborately chiseled patterns . Lotus blossoms , much used in Buddhist decoration , appear as bosses ...
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... stone houses have stood for centuries , tenanted by the same family . In that time little change has taken place , except the substitution of red tile for thatch as roofing material . A stone projection on the side of each chimney ...
... stone houses have stood for centuries , tenanted by the same family . In that time little change has taken place , except the substitution of red tile for thatch as roofing material . A stone projection on the side of each chimney ...
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... grow flat against the walls and cling beneath the low roofs . Most of the stone farm dwellings belong to an age when commercial greenhouses were unknown here . Photographs by B. Anthony Stewart Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart. 393.
... grow flat against the walls and cling beneath the low roofs . Most of the stone farm dwellings belong to an age when commercial greenhouses were unknown here . Photographs by B. Anthony Stewart Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart. 393.
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