Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . the guandeuk and beauty of its kuins—king solromons seal. Baalbek is 195 miles n. n. e. of Jerusalem, on theslopes of Anti-Lebanon, at the opening of a smallvalley into the plain El Buka. In extent Baalbek was inferior to many Easterncities; but in the size and magnificence of its publicedifices, and the immense size of many of the
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . the guandeuk and beauty of its kuins—king solromons seal. Baalbek is 195 miles n. n. e. of Jerusalem, on theslopes of Anti-Lebanon, at the opening of a smallvalley into the plain El Buka. In extent Baalbek was inferior to many Easterncities; but in the size and magnificence of its publicedifices, and the immense size of many of the stoneswith which they were built, this ancient city was with-out a rival. The grand ruins of Baalbek stand at the westernextremity of the town, and just within the modernwall. There are three orders of architecture, evident-ly belonging to as many distinct eras. First, thestupendous walls and platforms, built of hewn stonesof enormous size, and traversed by vaulted passagesin several directions; secondly, two very large tem-ples, of a later date, smmounting the platforms;thirdly, the modern or Saracenic walls and towers, in-corporated with the original structures when the placewas converted into a fortress. The modern additionsare oddly built up of cornic
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