Word: trenches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Schliemann began his excavations by digging a trench from the north through the hill. He found that Troy was surrounded by high walls of stone, surmounted by sun-dried bricks. The bricks were slabs, one foot and a half by four inches, held in place by uprights and cross-beams of wood. Every fourth course of bricks was replaced by a cross beam...
...Digging trench (for pipes...
Selections from some of the following books must be read this month in History 1: Lewis "History of Germany," Seebohm's "Protestant Revolution," Trench's "Lectures on Gustavus Adolphus," Ward's "House of Austria," Gardiner's "Thirty Years' War." All these books are reserved in the library...