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 . EOBINSON S AKCH. This arch is outside of the south-west corner of theSanctuary Wall, opposite the Mogrebins Mosque (seeTemple Area), and is considered to have been theentrance to the royal cloisters of King Ilerod. Sev-enty-four feet below the springing of this arch is arock-cut canal, 4 feet wide, and 12 feet deep, runningsouth. Ja
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 . EOBINSON S AKCH. This arch is outside of the south-west corner of theSanctuary Wall, opposite the Mogrebins Mosque (seeTemple Area), and is considered to have been theentrance to the royal cloisters of King Ilerod. Sev-enty-four feet below the springing of this arch is arock-cut canal, 4 feet wide, and 12 feet deep, runningsouth. Jammed in over this canal are two fallenvoussoiis of an arch. One of these is much de-cayed, but the other is in a better state of preser-vation, and measures 7 feet in length, 5 feet thickat the extrados, 4 feet 4 inches at the intrados,and 4 feet high. In the middle of one side is asquare joggle hole 14 inches by 11 and 4|^ inchesdeep. Opening out of this canal to the south, is achamber cut in rock, with a segment arch. To thesouth a passage leads into a circular cistern cut in therock, 16 feet in diameter, by 14 feet 4 inches inhiffht. In the centre of the roof is a manhole lead-ing down from the roof of the pavement underRobinsons Arch. Near this are two
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