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History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene

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FRONTISPIECE.—EASTERN END OF THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE.

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1. GENERAL MAP OF THE CYRENAICA To face page 6

2. TRIPOLI Ditto 10

3. BENGHAZI Ditto 14

4. AMOR BON ABDI SEYAT AND SHEIKH BOCHLEGA 14

5. SUPPOSED ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER LETHE 16

6. CASTLE AND VILLAGE OF MERDJ (BARCA) 20

7. MUDIR’S ROOM IN THE CASTLE OF MERDJ 21

8. ENCAMPMENT NEAR A ROMAN FORTRESS (GUSR BILIGADEM) To face page 22

9. INTERIOR OF OUR TOMB OF RESIDENCE 23

10. OUR WORKMEN—SALEH, MOHAMMED, AND ABDULLAH 24

11. WESTERN HILL OF CYRENE, WITH ENTRANCE TO THE FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO To face page 25

12. FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO Ditto 26

13. GENERAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE HILLS IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE Ditto 27

14. LARGE TOMB AT THE EASTERN END OF THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 27

15. TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 23

16. RANGE OF TOMBS IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS To face page 28

17. INTERIOR OF A TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 29

18. TOMBS TO THE WESTWARD OF WADY BIL GHADIR 29

19. A TOMB EMBELLISHED WITH FIGURES IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE 30

20. TOMB FOR 105 SARCOPHAGI IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS To face page 30

21. INTERIOR OF A PAINTED TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 31

22. INTERIOR OF A TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 31

23. INTERIOR OF A TOMB CUT IN THE SIDE OF A QUARRY IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 32

24. INTERIOR OF A LARGE TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS To face page 32

25. TOMBS IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 33

26. TOMBS (CALLED BY THE ARABS “KINISSIEH”) IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 33

27. LARGE TOMB ON THE FACE OF THE WESTERN HILL OF CYRENE 34

28. BUILT TOMB ON THE SOUTH-WEST SIDE OF CYRENE To face page 34

29. RUINS OF THE CHRISTIAN CITY OF CYRENE Ditto 35

30. WADY MUCHGUN, TWO MILES TO THE WESTWARD OF CYRENE Ditto 36

31. PLAN OF AN ORNAMENTED AND PAINTED TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE Ditto 36

32. PLAN OF A TOMB FOR 105 SARCOPHAGI IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 36

33. PLAN OF A TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 36

34. PLAN OF A TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 36

35. PLAN OF A LARGE TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 36

36. PLAN OF A BUILT TOMB ON THE SOUTH-WEST SIDE OF CYRENE Ditto 36

37. ELEVATION OF THE INTERNAL FAÇADE OF A TOMB IN THE WESTERN NECROPOLIS Ditto 36

38. TOMBS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF WADY BIL GHADIR 37

39. MOHAMMED EL ADOULY 38

40. PLAN OF THE CITY OF CYRENE To face page 38

41. PLAN OF THE CITY OF CYRENE, TO SHOW THE POSITIONS FROM WHICH THE PLANS AND SKETCHES WERE MADE To face page 40

42. INTERIOR OF MOHAMMED EL ADOULY’S TENT 54

43. ARAB ARMS OF THE CYRENAICA 55

44. WADY LEBAIATH, BETWEEN CYRENE AND APOLLONIA To face page 57

45. EASTERN CITY WALL AND RUINS OF APOLLONIA 57

46. RUINS OF IMGHERNIS To face page 58

47. DERNA Ditto 60

48. CASTLE OF DERNA 61

49. ARAB CAMP NEAR TEUCHIRA 64

50. RUINS OF PTOLEMAIS To face page 64

51. GATEWAY IN THE WESTERN WALL OF PTOLEMAIS 66

52. TOMBS TO THE WESTWARD OF PTOLEMAIS To face page 66

53. PLAN OF A CONSPICUOUS BUILT TOMB TO THE WESTWARD OF PTOLEMAIS Ditto 66

54. INSCRIPTIONS OVER THE ENTRANCES TO THE TOMBS AT PTOLEMAIS 67

55. PLAN OF THE LARGE TEMPLE NEAR THE STADIUM AT CYRENE To face page 71

56. PLAN OF THE SMALLER TEMPLE NEAR THE STADIUM AT CYRENE Ditto 74

57. PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF VENUS SITUATED TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE TEMPLE OF BACCHUS Ditto 76

58. ENCAMPMENT OF THE PARTY FROM H.M.S. MELPOMENE, NEAR THE HEAD OF THE AUGUBAH 81

59. CENTRAL WADY AND SLOPE OF THE EASTERN HILL OF CYRENE To face page 82

60. THAPSIA GARGANICA 87

PHOTOGRAPHS.

PLATE.

61. BACCHUS.

62. APOLLO CITHARŒDUS.

63. THE EMPEROR HADRIAN.

64. MINERVA AND A MALE HEAD.

65. CNÆUS CORNELIUS LENTULUS MARCELLINUS (PROPRÆTOR OF CYRENE).

66. BRONZE ICONIC HEAD.

67. APHRODITE AND FEMALE TORSO.

68. ICONIC FEMALE STATUE.

69. BUST OF THE EMPEROR ANTONINUS PIUS.

70. BUST OF THE EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS.

71. APHRODITE EUPLOIA.

72. APHRODITE AND EROS.

73. ICONIC FEMALE FIGURE.

74. FEMALE BUST OF ROMAN PERIOD.

75. HEAD OF PERSEUS.

76. THE NYMPH CYRENE OVERCOMING A LION, AND BEING CROWNED BY LIBYA.

INSCRIPTIONS.

PLATE.

77. Containing numbers 1 to 5

78. Ditto ditto 6

79. Ditto ditto 6 „ 7

80. Ditto ditto 8 „ 11

81. Ditto ditto 12 „ 14

82. Ditto ditto 15 „ 17

83. Ditto ditto 18 „ 23

84. Ditto ditto 24 „ 26

85. Ditto ditto 27 „ 28

86. Ditto ditto 29 „ 32

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