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CHAPTER X III.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CITIES OF TEUCHIRA AND PTOLEMETA.
Actual Condition of the.City of Teuchira—Per feet. State, and great Strength of its’ W a lls -
Suggested Period of, their.Erection—Mode in which they are constructed—Gates of the City
~ —Narrow Passage communicating with them—rPróbable'Advance of the. Sea at Teuchira—
Line described by the' Walls—Estimated Circuit’of jhem according to Signor Della. Celia
—Greek Inscriptions. cut , in various parts, of. them—Suggestions of Signor Della Celia
respecting them—Actual Nature of the Inscriptions—Excavated Tombs in the Quarries of
Teuchira—Egyptian Names of Months generally ádopted by the' Inhabitants of tbe- City—
General Nature of the. Plans, of .the Tombs—Some of the.B.odies appear to have been burnt,
• and others to have been buried entire—No Difference appears to have obtained at Teuchira
between the Modes of Burial adopted by its Greek and Roman Inhabitants—Encumbered
State of what are probably the earliest Tombs—Solitary instance of a Painted Tomb at
Teuchira—Remains of Christian Churches, and other Buildings within the Walls—Disposition
of the ;Streets—Remains without the Walls—No Statues; or Remains.of. them, discovered
by our Party at Teuchira—Remarks on the Wall of Ptolemeta—Remains of a Naustothmos,
or Naval Station; observed there—Other Remains of .Building on the Beach .near, the Station
—Further, traces of the! City-Wall—Dimensions of .Ptolemeta-^—Remains of Theatres found
there—Description of the larger one—Ruins deseribed by Bruce as part of an Ionic Temple
—Other Remains in the Neighbourhood.: of: these^r-Remarks'on the Style of some of the
Buildings of Ptolemeta, as contrasted with, those of. Egypt and Nubia—Probable Date of its
• existing Remains.
I t will be seen, by a reference to the plan of the city of Teuchira,
that there is httle now remaining within the, limits; of its walls to
call for any particular details.; The destruction of the town has, in fact,
been so ^complete, that it is scarcély more than a heap of confused
ruins;: and; the various fragments- of building which are scattered
Over its surface encumber the ground-plans so effectually, that more
labour and time would be necessary for their removal than the buildings
would probably merit. I t is evident that Teuchira has been
intentionally destroyedand that the solidity of its walls has alone