Word: stairways
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...collection of casts of inscriptions on the stone stairway leading up to the prehistoric temple at Copan, Honduras, has recently been put on exhibition at the Peabody Museum. The inscriptions are similar to those found in the Maya books and probably have a religious significance. The stairway is built of trachite, specimens of which have been in the Museum for some time, and in the debris of the ruins some elaborate statues have been found...
...that those from the Yard and from the outside may readily come together in the large meeting-room looking toward the west, or in the Assembly Hall above. To the east of the hall-way is a room to be used for occasional dinners, with a serving-room and stairway connecting with the small kitchen and other conveniences below. The remainder of the ground floor is to be devoted to the student volunteer work of the College. A memorial of Bishop Brooks and other memorial tablets are to form the simple decoration of the entrance hall...
...high, with one entry and staircase, no fire escape whatever on one side and on the other side a ladder which can be reached from one room on each floor. Of course if the tenant of that room is out, the door is locked. There is also a wooden stairway in the air shaft which requires no comment...
...collection of pictures on the walls of the stairway leading up to the Library Reading Room has been enlarged by photographs of the church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, London, and by a view of the town of Southwark, including many noted buildings. The gift is due to the kindness of Mr. James Atkins Noyes, of the class of '83, who has recently returned from Fngland...
...large map accompanying the Memoir gives a general view of the ruins showing the position of the pyramids upon which stand the temples and other buildings, portions of which are covered with sculptures. Extending to the top of one of these pyramids is a stairway about forty feet wide and one hundred feet high. The front of each step of this stairway is elaborately carved with hieroglyphs and here and there a human figure...