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THE FORTRESS-CITY
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tower, although it does not project beyond the line of the
wall (see photographic view, Kg. 5). Excavations now
have shown that this so-called tower was simply raised at a
late day as a supporting wall for the terrace. On the inside
it is left without any facing, for the reason that it was built
snug against ancient houses of different dates — the ear-
liest lying at a depth of 26 to 33 feet, and belonging to
: .■ - ■ . • ■ •'
'.■■■
Fig. 5. The '; Polygonal Tower " (Mycenae)
the Mycenaean age (F in the Plan). It is clear now that
these ruins had either been already covered with debris
before the tower was built, or they were so buried at the
time, thus hiding the rough inner face of the wall as it
rose. This polygonal work is, then, much more recent
than the Mycenaean epoch, probably antedating by no long
time the destruction of Mycenae by the Argives in 468 B. c.
If the "tower," with other repairs in the same masonry,
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tower, although it does not project beyond the line of the
wall (see photographic view, Kg. 5). Excavations now
have shown that this so-called tower was simply raised at a
late day as a supporting wall for the terrace. On the inside
it is left without any facing, for the reason that it was built
snug against ancient houses of different dates — the ear-
liest lying at a depth of 26 to 33 feet, and belonging to
: .■ - ■ . • ■ •'
'.■■■
Fig. 5. The '; Polygonal Tower " (Mycenae)
the Mycenaean age (F in the Plan). It is clear now that
these ruins had either been already covered with debris
before the tower was built, or they were so buried at the
time, thus hiding the rough inner face of the wall as it
rose. This polygonal work is, then, much more recent
than the Mycenaean epoch, probably antedating by no long
time the destruction of Mycenae by the Argives in 468 B. c.
If the "tower," with other repairs in the same masonry,