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… c. 3 m broad, cut into the rock, partly destroyed and worked over in recent times by treasurehunters who apparently thought they had found the entrance to a tomb. The difficult earth-trenching problems delay the work.
26/10The result of the trial digging below the scenic terrace shows that only a negligible amount of earth can additionally be deposited there where it has so far been put. The earth from the western wing can still be taken down right from it, at the place where the rock will come to light fairly soon. The large earth-masses from the orchestra can however not be deposited there. To find a place for this earth, a spot c. 50 m. east of the theatre's stage is investigated, where a number of graves evidently exist and where the earth is thus presumably thin. Here a quantity of trial pits were dug in the hillside, not only in a row downwards but across a larger area. A couple of c. 5 m long trenches were also opened; at all places the rock was brought to light within … continues
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