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	Serpent's Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Serpent's Wall (Ukrainian: Змієві вали, Zmiyevi valy) is a landmark in the north of Ukraine, near the city of Kiev.
		The ancient walls were built between the second century BC and seventh century AD, according to carbon dating.
		The purpose of the walls was evidently defence from the nomads of the southern steppes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serpent's_Wall (129 words)

	Funerary Compositions - Theban Mapping Project
		The right (southwest) wall of corridor D of the tomb of Rameses IX (KV 6) is decorated with two such scenes.
		The top register consists of a series of sand-filled circles, each containing an inverted spread-eagled man. There is a solar bark bearing a scarab at the far end of the middle register and from it arrows fly to pierce serpents and goddesses standing on mounds adoring the sun [15599].
		The rear wall of the burial chamber in KV 6 has traces of a scene showing the resurrection of Osiris beneath a representation of the morning and evening solar barks.
	www.thebanmappingproject.com /articles/article_5.1_4.html (301 words)

	BOOK IV: Residence of Cortez in Mexico.
		The collection was still further swelled by a great number of reptiles and serpents, remarkable for their size and venomous qualities, among which the Spaniards beheld the fiery little animal "with the castanets in his tail," the terror of the American wilderness.
		The wall, which was quadrangular, was pierced by huge battlemented gateways, opening on the four principal streets of the capital.
		And Cortes, after closing up the wall as it was before, gave strict injunctions that nothing should be said of the matter, unwilling that the knowledge of its existence by his guests should reach the ears of Montezuma.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/3088/hist-book4.html (22062 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was a double pyramid, four-tiered, facing a plaza and decorated with long rows of serpents surrounding the base on three sides, forming a coatepantli, a serpent wall.
		The serpents, of mortar and stone, were originally plastered and painted various colors to honor the gods.
		Coiled serpent statues also were positioned at ground level on the north and south sides of the pyramid.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES1144 (263 words)

	New Museum: Mary Stoppert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"The entrance is flanked by two curling serpents - the head of one and the tail of the other are visible; each serpent continues around, completing itself on the interior wall.
		Serpents are also the motif on the interior; each of the side walls is lined with six snakes which crest in the middle.
		On the bodies of the snakes, placed on small shelves, are the tools, some of which even take on a serpentine shape or snakelike imagery.
	www.newmuseum.org /more_exh_m_stoppert.php (193 words)

	Turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is associated with several gods such as Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent), Xiuhcoatl (Fire Serpent), Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent) or Coatlicue (She of the Serpent Skirt), the mother of the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli.
		The word for serpent in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, is coatl.
		At the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, such a wall surrounded part of the Great Temple, which was the ritual focus for the entire city.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ2670 (266 words)

	Kiev - Ukraine - History of Ukraine - Serpent's Wall
		There are no records of who built the serpents wall and when, we only know they were built in ancient times to protect my hometown from nomads tribes and some other wild folks.
		In 13 century, the Baty-Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan brought his army to the walls and tryed to talk people of my town to surrender.
		Before Mongols came the people in my town had blue eyes and blond hair, now we mostly have dark haired people with hazel eyes and I am one of them and I don't mind being a brunette.
	www.theserpentswall.com /page2.html (224 words)

	Tula
		On the north side of the main pyramid in front of us will be seen the coatepantli, or Wall of Serpents.
		On the inner side of this is a well preserved frieze depicting a rather grisly scene of a long line of snakes swallowing skeletal people, who are thought to be warriors.
		Just to the east is the Palace of Quetzalcoatl, with wall and floor panelling still in evidence.
	www.geocities.com /atlantis01mx/hid_stmexico/tula.htm (685 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The wall was designed to surround the temple on three sides.
		The wall was accompanied by individual stone serpents with crests.
		The wall's symbols were also in honor of the sun cult.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES0330 (95 words)

	Day Nine
		We hike along the river, through poplar and pistachio trees, sometimes wading through the water to access churches on the other side.
		The church is named for the scene on its wall, showing serpents in the act of punishing four female sinners.
		Women as the source of evil is a common Eastern theme, and in this case, the representations probably symbolize the sin of adultery, disobedience, and slander.
	sky.prohosting.com /fishpix/Day09.html (817 words)

	Index: Stories, Listed by Title
		The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, Jonathan Lethem • Mark R. Kelly • (br)
		The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, Jonathan Lethem • Faren Miller • (br)
		The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, Jonathan Lethem • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
	www.locusmag.com /index/l448.html (1310 words)

	92.03.04: Cathedrals, Pyramids and Mosques
		Lopez in “The Crossroads within the Wall” (31) points out that the wall may not be a tangible wall but merely ideas that keep a group of people together with a sense of identity and a sense of separateness from the “outside”.
		Eventually these cities developed into trade centers, as the people who lived within the walls were strictly consumers who could not grow all their own food or provide for their own clothing and other needs and depended upon others for these items.
		Adjacent to these walls is a short wall on which is the painting of “Good Government.” The opposite wall has the only window in the room to illuminate the painting.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1992/3/92.03.04.x.html (9816 words)

	Ihlara Canyon \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Ihlara Valley \| Frommers.com
		The badly decaying frescoes, depicting scenes from the life of Christ, are distinctive for a style that recalls Eastern pre-Iconoclastic art.
		The church is named for the scene on the western wall, showing serpents in the act of punishing four female sinners.
		Women as the source of evil is a common Eastern theme taken up by later monks, and in this case, the representations probably symbolize the sin of adultery, disobedience, and slander.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/ihlaravalley/A31180.html (758 words)

	Dani Zweig's Belated Reviews #22: De Camp, Pratt, and the Enchanter
		In "The Wall of Serpents", Shea and his wife seek out the land of the Kalevala, to find some sorcerous help in retrieving a policeman they mislaid in "The Castle of Iron".
		The first two were published as "The IncompleteEnchanter", "The Castle of Iron" was published as a short stand-alone novel, and the last two were published as "Wall of Serpents".
		In 1975, the first three novellas were collected under the title "The Compleat Enchanter", and "Wall of Serpents" was reissued shortly after.
	www-users.cs.york.ac.uk /~susan/sf/dani/022.htm (914 words)

	Harold Shea (fictional series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"The Wall of Serpents" (1953) (L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt)
		Wall of Serpents (1960) (L. Sprague DeCamp and Fletcher Pratt), includes: "The Wall of Serpents" and "The Green Magician"
		The Incomplete Enchanter and The Castle of Iron have also been issued together as The Compleat Enchanter (1975); Wall of Serpents has also been issued under the title The Enchanter Completed (1980); all three volumes of the original series have also been issued together as The Complete Compleat Enchanter (1989).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Shea_(fictional_series) (1338 words)

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		As if to dispel these gloomy reflections, he ordered his trumpets to sound, and their clear, shrill notes, borne across the waters, told the inhabitants of the beleaguered fortress that their friends were at hand.
		Others, who attempted to scale the Coatepantli, or Wall of Serpents, as it was called, which surrounded the area, shared the like fate, or were cut to pieces, or shot by the ruthless soldiery.
		Not a family of note but had mourning and desolation brought within its walls; and many a doleful ballad, rehearsing the tragic incidents of the story, and adapted to the plaintive national airs, continued to be chanted by the natives long after the subjugation of the country.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~Hyper/PRESCOTT/bk4_ch8.txt (4487 words)

	Serpent's Wall - History of Kiev's Defensive Ramparts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Serpent's Wall - History of Kiev's Defensive Ramparts
		There are some pages from a future story avaliable in here.
		It will be entitled "The Serpents Wall" This is work of a group of people, my friends and if nothing bother I'll develope this site.
	www.kiddofspeed.com /serpents-wall/intro.htm (106 words)

	Caravel Games - DROD
		These rocky creatures will crush you like a bug if you aren't careful.
		Wall-living vapours that turn deadly if you keep your back to the wall.
		As the only monsters invulnerable to your sword, you'll have to be clever and cunning to dodge and trap these pesky creatures.
	forum.caravelgames.com /viewsiteboard.php?b=50 (220 words)

	Help ID Book? About Multiple Universes - sffworld.com
		I'm going on what they told me was in it.
		1960** Wall of Serpents**, The by L. Sprague de Camp
		1970** Behind the Walls** of Terra by Philip Jose Farmer
	www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?t=8604 (1455 words)

	Hans Joachim Alpers- Loincloth, Double Ax, and Magic: "Heroic Fantasy" and Related Genres
		One of the most important transitions to HF is L.S. de Camp's "Krishna" cycle (The Continent Maker, US 1953; The Tower of Zanid, US 1958; The Search for Zei, US 1962; The Hand of Zei, US 1963).
		The "Harold Shea" stories by de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, with their "scientific" explanations of magic and their visits to mythical worlds also belong here (The Incomplete Enchanter, US 1942; The Castle of Iron, US 1950; The Wall of Serpents, US 1960).
		So does, from the weird fiction side, Clark Ashton Smith, who partakes of the horror-story as well as of the historic-fantastic adventure novel in the vein of Beckford's Vathek or of Rider Haggard.
	www.depauw.edu /sfs/backissues/14/alpers14art.htm (6877 words)

	New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
		Fantasy Masterworks #10 is an omnibus edition of the Harold Shea tales, being The Incomplete Enchanter (1941), The Castle of Iron (1941), The Wall of Serpents (1953) and The Green Magician (1954).
		As if Jack doesn't already have enough skeletons in his closet, his new place has one of its own -- walled up in the cellar.
		When the skeletal remains in their distinctive red dress are identified as the girlfriend (missing these 6 years) of a mobster, Jack's curiosity is aroused.
	www.sfsite.com /vault/new92.htm (2262 words)

	Sea Monsters & Sea Serpents Calenadars Mugs Mouse Pads Posters Prints. Sea Serpent Productions design
		Sea Monsters and Sea Serpents Calenadars Mugs Mouse Pads Posters Prints.
		Sea Monsters and Sea Serpents - graphic designs are featuring beautiful, original, incredibly detailed illustrations of sea monster and sea serpent oceanic beasts.
		ea monster / Sea serpent designs are available for Wall Calendars, Mugs, Magnets, Mouse pads, Posters Framed Prints, and other products and gifts.
	www.seaserpentproductions.com /products/design0012.htm (199 words)

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		-- Tula, carvings on wall (1981) (= Clive Ruggles, Univ of Leicester, MA)
		> -- Serpents at Pyramid of Quetzalcoátl, Teotihuacán, México (1996)
		> -- Painted wall at the Palace of Tepantítla, Teotihuacán, México (1996)
	faculty.ucr.edu /~legneref/archeol/archsit2.htm (1592 words)

	Amazon.com: Complete Compleat Enchanter: Books: Decamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It had since fallen apart and was lost in my move to California.
		Anyway I found and read the "Faerie Queene" and "Castle of Iron" universe books (as well as the "Wall of Serpents" book later on) as a teenager and found them all to be excellent.
		I have purchased this collection so that my son (in his early teens) can read the stories as well, I'm sure he'll love them!
	www.amazon.com /Complete-Compleat-Enchanter-Decamp/dp/0671698095 (1788 words)

	Phantasia Press Inc.
		Wall of Serpents by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
		Medea: Harlan's World created and edited by Harlan Ellison
		Behind the Walls of Terra by Philip Jose Farmer
	www.psi.edu /~bermandc/Phantasia.html (524 words)

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