. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . eight inch-es long and fifty-seven wide. The altar is semicircular, likethat of ancient churches, and with apses on either side. Adouble row of Ionic columns extended from the altar to theentrance. This edifice is thrown down nearly to the the southeast corner is a stone belonging to the originalwall, about six feet square, and having a circular wreath onthe face of it five feet in diameter. Within this is anothercircle four feet in diameter, and this surr
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . eight inch-es long and fifty-seven wide. The altar is semicircular, likethat of ancient churches, and with apses on either side. Adouble row of Ionic columns extended from the altar to theentrance. This edifice is thrown down nearly to the the southeast corner is a stone belonging to the originalwall, about six feet square, and having a circular wreath onthe face of it five feet in diameter. Within this is anothercircle four feet in diameter, and this surrounds the colossalface of an image handsomely carved in bold relief. Thelength of the face, from the chin to the top of the hair, isthree feet four inches, the width two feet four inches. Ithas been purposely disfigured, but the features are still verydistinct and striking. It is probably an image of the godof the temple, perhaps the face of old Baal himself. The temple at Deir Asheir stands upon an elevated plat-form, ornamented with a frieze and cornice of its own. Itis one hundred and twenty-six feet long and sixty-nine. TOMB OF SETir—OF NOAH—BAALBEK. 353 wide. The length of the edifice built upon this platform iseighty-nine feet, the breadth about forty, and the height tothe top of the cornice fifty-four. The interior is dividedlike that at Hibbariyeh. The style of architecture resem-bles the Ionic, and the egg and cup, or cu|) and ball orna-ments occur every where, as at Baalbek. There are otherancient buildings at this Deir Asheir, and the place is wellworth a visit. Proceeding farther north, there are remnants of smalltemples at various points along the slopes of Neby Sheet is the tomb of Seth, under a vaulted roommore than one hundred feet long. The tomb is about tenfeet broad, extends the entire length of the vault, and iscovered with a green cloth. This prophet Seth is the thirdson of Adam, transformed into a grand Moslem saint, withthree hundred w
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