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Chapter V: Conclusion

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APPENDICES.

No. I. (contributed by Dr. C. SCHROFF). — The Thapsia Garganica — Difference between the properties of this plant and the Silphium of the Ancients. — _Page_ 87.

No. II. — Description of the Sculptures found at Cyrene. — _Page_ 91.

No. III. — List of Sculptures found on various sites at Cyrene. — _Page_ 99.

No. IV. — Inscriptions discovered or found at Cyrene. — _Page_ 109.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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

PLATE.

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 _To face page_ 22
BILIGADEM)

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 _To face page_ 25
FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO

12. FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO _Ditto_ 26

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

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

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 30
NORTHERN NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE

20. TOMB FOR 105 SARCOPHAGI IN THE NORTHERN _To face page_ 30
NECROPOLIS

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

22. INTERIOR OF A TOMB IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS 31

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

24. INTERIOR OF A LARGE TOMB IN THE NORTHERN _To face page_ 32
NECROPOLIS

25. TOMBS IN THE NORTHERN NECROPOLIS _Ditto_ 33

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

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

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 _Ditto_ 36
CYRENE

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

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

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 _Ditto_ 36
NECROPOLIS

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

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

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 _To face page_ 40
POSITIONS FROM WHICH THE PLANS AND SKETCHES
WERE MADE

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 _Ditto_ 66
WESTWARD OF PTOLEMAIS

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

55. PLAN OF THE LARGE TEMPLE NEAR THE STADIUM AT _To face page_ 71
CYRENE

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

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

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

59. CENTRAL WADY AND SLOPE OF THE EASTERN HILL _To face page_ 82
OF CYRENE

60. THAPSIA GARGANICA 87

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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.

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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

ERRATA

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In General Map of the Cyrenaica, facing page 6, place a line under
Apollonia for the ancient name.

Page 10, line 8 _for_ Caimakam, _read_ Kaimakam.

Page 25, line 3 _for_ Grenuah, _read_ Grennah.

Page 37, line 5 _for_ Mûchqûn, _read_ Mûchgûn.

Page 54, line 8 _for_ El Douly’s, _read_ El Adouly’s
(_under the woodcut_).

Page 71, line 39 _for_ Plate 6, _read_ Plates 78, 79, No. 6.

Page 71, line 40 _for_ Plate 8, _read_ Plate 79, No 7.

DISCOVERIES AT CYRENE.

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