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Ancient Town-Planning

CHAPTER IV
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9).
The skill of German archaeologists has revealed what town-planning meant in a small town rebuilt in the Alexandrine period.

No other even approximately complete example has been as yet uncovered on any other site.

But spade-work at the neighbouring and more famous city of Miletus has uncovered similar street-planning there.

In one quarter, the only one yet fully excavated, the streets crossed at right angles and enclosed regular blocks of dwelling-houses measuring 32 x 60 yds.
(according to the excavators) but sub-divided into blocks of about 32 yds.

square (fig.


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