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EXCAVATIONS ON SITE OP MAUSOLEUM. 155
soros has been already adduced as a proof of the
early date of the cutting where these remains were
discovered. Whether all the rock-cut galleries and
chambers which communicate with this spot may
be referred to the same early period, is a question
Avhich can hardly be decided without more evidence
than has been brought to light by the excavations.
There can, however, be hardly a doubt that the
chambers are sepulchral.
The supposition that the site of the Mausoleum
was an ancient cemetery is in no way inconsistent
with the fact that it served as a quarry; Those
who have explored the sites of Greek cities know
that such a combination of quarry and cemetery
Avas very common when the Greeks found a stratum
of freestone suitable for building purposes.
In such localities they quarried the stone Avith
great regularity, excavating liypogcsa, or cutting
out monolithic tombs above the surface, as the
nature of the stratum might suggest. In the
island of Calymnos is a quarry of this kind, Avhere
some years ago I opened several tombs, and which
still retains its ancient name, Aapj. In this
quarry, which is on the side of a hill, the original
features of the ground are only partially concealed
by the soil.
On the site of the Mausoleum all irregularities
of level were filled up by the artificial platform
already suggested, which seems to correspond to the
platea amp la latitiidine facta of Vitruvius.
It aaoLI be seen by a comparison of the Plan and
Sections of the Mausoleum Avith the Plan of the
soros has been already adduced as a proof of the
early date of the cutting where these remains were
discovered. Whether all the rock-cut galleries and
chambers which communicate with this spot may
be referred to the same early period, is a question
Avhich can hardly be decided without more evidence
than has been brought to light by the excavations.
There can, however, be hardly a doubt that the
chambers are sepulchral.
The supposition that the site of the Mausoleum
was an ancient cemetery is in no way inconsistent
with the fact that it served as a quarry; Those
who have explored the sites of Greek cities know
that such a combination of quarry and cemetery
Avas very common when the Greeks found a stratum
of freestone suitable for building purposes.
In such localities they quarried the stone Avith
great regularity, excavating liypogcsa, or cutting
out monolithic tombs above the surface, as the
nature of the stratum might suggest. In the
island of Calymnos is a quarry of this kind, Avhere
some years ago I opened several tombs, and which
still retains its ancient name, Aapj. In this
quarry, which is on the side of a hill, the original
features of the ground are only partially concealed
by the soil.
On the site of the Mausoleum all irregularities
of level were filled up by the artificial platform
already suggested, which seems to correspond to the
platea amp la latitiidine facta of Vitruvius.
It aaoLI be seen by a comparison of the Plan and
Sections of the Mausoleum Avith the Plan of the