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This chapter contains editorial endnotes, including a note suggesting that the floor of the museum may not have sloped but rather the museum was built into the side of a hill.
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This chapter contains editorial endnotes, including a note suggesting that the floor of the museum may not have sloped but rather the museum was built into the side of a hill.
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“It may be, of course, that the floor did not slope, but that the museum was built into the side of a hill. — Ed.”
The editor notes that the apparent slope of the floor might actually be due to the museum being constructed into a hillside.
Editorial clarification regarding the museum's architecture.
