Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three hundred more were engaged several months in remov-these marbles from the Acropolis and lower city, so that when Lord Elgin stopped at Athens on his return to England be found two hundred cases ready for shipment. Some of them were lost by shipwreck in the Mediterranean and it was not until 1812 that all were safely landed in England. At first these were coolly received, owing to the people being engaged in hostilities with France, but finally when peace was restored they were favorably received. In his report to parliament Lord Elgin estimated the expense...
...steamer Independente, for Mediterranean ports, sailed yesterday. Among the passengers were President and Mrs. Eliot...
...Samuel Eliot read an essay on "The Relation of Forests to Rain-fall and Water Supply," before an appreciative audience in Sever 3. Mr. Eliot followed out a line of argument which was based upon the facts of observation rather than on a plausible theory. The lands of the Mediterranean were once called the gardens of the world, but to day these once fertile fields have become arid deserts. What has been the cause of the great climatic change, whereby these countries have lost their former power to produce large crops, and no longer are able to support as large...
Professor Lyon will lecture this evening on "The Historical Cuneiform Evidence of Assyrian-Babylonian Contact with the Mediterranean Coast and Islands," in Sever...
...MONDAY.The Historical Cuneiform Evidence of Assyrian-Babylonian Contact with the Mediterranean Coast and Islands. Prof. Lyon. Sever...