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the remains, we are justified in asserting that this style of architecture depended for its effect on color as much, at least, if not more, than on form. Could color be made as permanent, this might frequently be wise, but too great dependence on it has deprived us of half the knowledge we might otherwise possess of the architectural effects of other times.
An image should appear at this position in the text.58. Elevation of wall at Wurka (From the Report of the Assyrian Excavation Fund.)
Notwithstanding the wonderful results that were achieved in the ten or twelve years during which the Assyrian explorations were pursued with activity, it is by no means impossible but that much more
