The Mouthpiece of Zitu

By: Giesy, J. U.

Book Excerpt: ...erned by an hereditary king.]And now a word as to the Tamarizians themselves. They were a white and well-formed race. In their social structure women held an equal place with men. They believed in the spirit and a future life and the resurrection of the dead. In the sciences and arts they had made considerable progress.The clothing of the women consisted of a single garment, falling to the knees or just below them, cinctured about the body, caught over one shoulder by a metal or jeweled boss, and leaving the other shoulder and arm exposed. To this was added sandals of leather, metal, or wood, held to the foot by a toe-and-instep band and lacings running well up the calves. Men of wealth and caste and soldiers and nobles, instead of these sandals, generally wore metal casings, which amounted to a sandal and leg piece jointed to allow the ankle full play and reaching nearly to the knees.The men of caste also wore a soft shirt or chemise beneath a metal cuirass or an embroidered tunic, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KJ5546F
• ISBN13: 9798678213501
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"