AN AXCIExNT CAPITAL 



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TIIIC LI'JX-DWDKU FIGURE IX THE SMALL GALLLKV (SLK PAGE 122) 



Rock" has a great curved niche hoUowed 

 in one side, as though for a colossal 

 statue. Another smaller rock is split in 

 two and has hollows carved all over the 

 top, like old dew-ponds, while at one side 

 is a place with three cut steps just like 

 the altars of Cybele in Phrygia. Still 

 farther down we find "Maiden's Rock," 

 low and flat. Xo one knows why it is 

 so named. Perhaps the ancient Hittite 



maidens used it as a dancing floor. Over 

 on the other bank of the river is another 

 great rock with a similar redoubt on its 

 liead. 



The wall which surrounded the city 

 was of the most solid character ; wh.ere 

 it remains it is about 14 feet thick, the 

 center a 6-foot core of rubble, while cacli 

 side is a 4-foot thickness of finely dressed 

 stone. 



