Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 37
... metres thick and as high as the foundations would allow ; 10-12 metres in the case of Mizpah or Tell - en - Nasbeh , built about 900 BC . From the period of King Solomon ( 974-37 BC ) onwards , skill in stonemasonry had advanced so much ...
... metres thick and as high as the foundations would allow ; 10-12 metres in the case of Mizpah or Tell - en - Nasbeh , built about 900 BC . From the period of King Solomon ( 974-37 BC ) onwards , skill in stonemasonry had advanced so much ...
Page 56
... metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ' . The limes Germanicus was an incredible work of military architecture , but the frontier defence which has most captured popular ...
... metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ' . The limes Germanicus was an incredible work of military architecture , but the frontier defence which has most captured popular ...
Page 84
... metres wide and 6.5 metres deep , the water which normally flooded it concealing a variety of stakes . Then there was a wall 5.5 metres high , while 55 metres beyond that , there came another wall . This was 2 metres thick , with ...
... metres wide and 6.5 metres deep , the water which normally flooded it concealing a variety of stakes . Then there was a wall 5.5 metres high , while 55 metres beyond that , there came another wall . This was 2 metres thick , with ...
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