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bk. II. ch. n. "CHALDEAN TEMPLES. 153 The height of the three upper stories seems to have been ascer- tained with sufficient correctness to be 15 feet each, or 45 feet together. Unfortunately no excavation Avas undertaken to ascertain ....,Jl'aiiii:iiiiMiiiiii" Miii^iii 'I'ii'll.c nj/^'ii' !'!i fv _ _ I' -" '_!" _i'_..^L:} 1^Z MWfJMmmMmMWm IT'II If,;"- Ji' MfftifTifplltf. "IN IN ■ Ml nii; ^Pl Fl iUiill m wl 48. Diagram Elevation of Birs Nimroud. Scale 100 ft. to 4 in. 'ITT' 'TTT ' •TTXTT°TT' tXIXIXXXXHX JL J= i i i i Ju-i JL JL iiiJLJL. 49. Diagram Plan of Birs Ximroud. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. the height of the lowest and most important story. Sir Henry Rawlinson assumes it at 26 ; and I have ventured to make it 45, from the analogy of the tomb of Cyrus and the temple at Mugheyr. The height of the two intermediate stories, instead of being 22 feet