 | Boston Society of Natural History - Natural history - 1865 - 402 pages
...I think the broken pots, etc., are evidences that the place is a family tomb, or was ; and that the pots were broken or disarranged by persons entering...stone ! The room faces exactly east ; and the slabs arc six feet wide by seven or eight high, the end ones three feet wide by seven high. There is no place... | |
 | Thomas Laurie - Missions - 1881 - 630 pages
...thought, also, that decayed bones were the cause of a white powder in the soil. The room faces due east, and the slabs are six feet thick by seven or eight in height. The end ones are three feet wide by seven in height. There is no place where they could... | |
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I think the broken pots, etc., are evidences that the place is a family tomb, or was, and that pots were broken or disarranged by persons entering to make fresh deposits. But such enormous slabs of stone ! The room faces exactly east, and the slabs are... 