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 . k or Phoenician letters on each side ofthe head and inside of a circle. There are altogether40 gods and goddesses porti-ayed ; besides on one side48 circles containing fishes, animals, and fowls, andon the other 64 circles of the same character. Be-tween the columns are animals chasing each other,such as leopards, lions, bears, chas
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 . k or Phoenician letters on each side ofthe head and inside of a circle. There are altogether40 gods and goddesses porti-ayed ; besides on one side48 circles containing fishes, animals, and fowls, andon the other 64 circles of the same character. Be-tween the columns are animals chasing each other,such as leopards, lions, bears, chasing deer, boars, rab-bits, etc. There is quite a natural history in thispavement. Some Greek words and names found heremay help to fix the date of the structure, which hasnot yet been determined. The number of important ruins in this part ofPhoenicia is so great as to fill a large volume, witheven a slight notice of each, proving that the Phoeni-cians were a highly-cultivated, skillful, and wealthyjieople, fond of the fine arts and full of public descendants who now occupy the country aresimply barbarians in comparison, caring little for thearts, bent only on a fanatical display of venerationand devotion to God, and—his prophet Mohammed. W^ m.
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