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THE TOMB OF MAUSOLUS. 47 We can again prove this result and arrive at the actual size of the base of the pyramid in another way. The great founda- tion had a ratio of io8 to 127 feet. This, although still oblong, approximates more to the square form than does the base of Fig. 35- Fig. 37- Fig. 36. Fig. 38. Various Restorations of the Mausoleum. the pyramid, just as it should, for the plinths and steps on the gfround level would be the same at both the fronts and the sides. Indeed, if from the centre of the foundation rectangle of 108 by 127 feet we draw lines representing the diagonals of the pyramid
