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  • Syro-Palestinian art and architecture

    Walls are of the casemate type (parallel walls with a space between) with internal chambers, and gateways are elaborate, with flanking towers and an approach through several transverse chambers. In the 9th century bce the invention of a more effective battering ram necessitated replacement of casemate walls by more…

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    Walls are of the casemate type (parallel walls with a space between) with internal chambers, and gateways are elaborate, with flanking towers and an approach through several transverse chambers. In the 9th century bce the invention of a more effective battering ram necessitated replacement of casemate walls by more…

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