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3°2
TROY AND ITS REMAINS.
[Chap. XXII.
Both have been destroyed by terrible fires, of which the
walls bear distinct traces; moreover all the rooms of both
houses are filled with black, red, and yellow wood-ashes and
with charred remains. The more recent house was erected
when the ruins of the more ancient house were perfectly
covered with ashes and with burnt dibris, as is obvious
from the fact that the more recent walls run in all
directions above the more ancient ones, never standing
directly upon them, and are frequently separated from
them by a layer of calcined dibris, from 6\ to 10 feet high.
The lower, as well as the upper house, is built of stones
joined with earth, but the walls of the lower house are much
thicker and much more solidly built than those of the
upper one. The Tower-road can only have been used
when the more ancient house was still inhabited, for it
leads directly into it, and the more recent house was not
built till the street was covered to a height of 10 feet by
the ruins of the more ancient house.
I was firmly convinced that this splendid street,
paved with large flags of stone, must proceed from
the principal building of the Pergamus, and I therefore
confidently carried on the excavation in order to bring
that edifice to light. To accomplish this, I was most
unfortunately compelled to break down three of the
large walls of the more recent house. The result has,
however, far surpassed my expectations, for I not only
found two large gates, standing 20 feet apart, but also
the two large copper bolts belonging to them, of which
No. 218. Copper Bolts, found exactly in the middle {a) of the first (b) of the second Scxan Gates.
TROY AND ITS REMAINS.
[Chap. XXII.
Both have been destroyed by terrible fires, of which the
walls bear distinct traces; moreover all the rooms of both
houses are filled with black, red, and yellow wood-ashes and
with charred remains. The more recent house was erected
when the ruins of the more ancient house were perfectly
covered with ashes and with burnt dibris, as is obvious
from the fact that the more recent walls run in all
directions above the more ancient ones, never standing
directly upon them, and are frequently separated from
them by a layer of calcined dibris, from 6\ to 10 feet high.
The lower, as well as the upper house, is built of stones
joined with earth, but the walls of the lower house are much
thicker and much more solidly built than those of the
upper one. The Tower-road can only have been used
when the more ancient house was still inhabited, for it
leads directly into it, and the more recent house was not
built till the street was covered to a height of 10 feet by
the ruins of the more ancient house.
I was firmly convinced that this splendid street,
paved with large flags of stone, must proceed from
the principal building of the Pergamus, and I therefore
confidently carried on the excavation in order to bring
that edifice to light. To accomplish this, I was most
unfortunately compelled to break down three of the
large walls of the more recent house. The result has,
however, far surpassed my expectations, for I not only
found two large gates, standing 20 feet apart, but also
the two large copper bolts belonging to them, of which
No. 218. Copper Bolts, found exactly in the middle {a) of the first (b) of the second Scxan Gates.