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CHAPTER XIII. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CITIES OF TEUCHIRA AND PTOLEMETA. 
Actual Condition of the City of Teuchira — Perfect State and great Strength of its Walls — 
Suggested Period of their Erection' — Mode in which they are constructed — Gates of the City 
— Narrow Passage communicating with them — Probable Advance of the Sea at Teuchira — 
Line described by the Walls — Estimated Circuit of them according to Signor Della Celia 
— Greek Inscriptions cut in various parts of them — Suggestions of Signor Della Celia 
respecting them — Actual Nature of the Inscriptions — Excavated Tombs in the Quarries of 
Teuchira — Egyptian Names of Months generally adopted by the Inhabitants of the City — 
General Nature of the Plans of the Tombs — Some of the Bodies appear to have been burnt, 
and others to have been buried entire — No Difference appears to have obtained at Teuchira 
between the Modes of Burial adopted by its Greek and Roman Inhabitants — Encumbered 
State of what are probably the earliest Tombs — Solitary instance of a Painted Tomb at 
Teuchira — Remains of Christian Churches, and other Buildings within the Walls — Disposi- 
tion of the Streets — Remains without the Walls — No Statues, or Remains of them, discovered 
by our Party at Teuchira — Remarks on the Wall of Ptolemeta — Remains of a Naustothmos, 
or Naval Station, observed there — Other Remains of Building on the Beach near the Station 
— Further traces of the City-Wall — Dimensions of Ptolemeta — Remains of Theatres found 
there — Description of the larger one — Ruins described by Bruce as part of an Ionic Temple 
—Other Remains in the Neighbourhood of these- — Remarks on the Style of some of the 
Buildings of Ptolemeta, as contrasted with those of Egypt and Nubia — Probable Date of its 
existing Remains. 
It will be seen, by a reference to the plan of the city of Teuchira, 
that there is little now remaining within the limits of its walls to 
call for any particular details. The destruction of the town has, in fact, 
been so complete, that it is scarcely more than a heap of confused 
ruins; and the various fragments of building which are scattered 
over its surface encumber the ground-plans so effectually, that more 
labour and time would be necessary for their removal than the build- 
ings would probably merit. It is evident that Teuchira has been 
intentionally destroyed ; and that the solidity of its walls has alone 
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