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the; brick floor of Nebuchadnezzar's throne hall, looking toward the 



euphrates : babylon 



The outer wall of the palace was made of bricks stamped with the name of Nebuchad- 

 nezzar and was some 23 1 /?. feet thick, the inner wall, also made of brick, being over 44 feet 

 thick, while the space between the two walls, nearly 70 feet, was filled in with sand and 

 other material, the total thickness thus being nearly 136^ feet. The burnt bricks of which 

 the retaining walls were composed were laid in asphalt and are so compactly joined that it 

 is impossible to separate them into their layers. 



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