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 . bout ten feethigh. A low, narrow opening in the wall, only largeenough to admit one person at a time, leads to achamber about twelve feet square. This is the outerroom or vestibule of the tomb, and is called TheChapel of the Angel. At the western side of thisroom is a low, narrow opening, barely large enoughto admit a medium-sized p
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 . bout ten feethigh. A low, narrow opening in the wall, only largeenough to admit one person at a time, leads to achamber about twelve feet square. This is the outerroom or vestibule of the tomb, and is called TheChapel of the Angel. At the western side of thisroom is a low, narrow opening, barely large enoughto admit a medium-sized person, and such only caneffect an entrance by bending very low and crawlingthrough. The Sepulchre is a room six feet one wayby seven the other, and is covered by a dome roof,which is supported by marble pillars. Forty-twolamps of gold and silver, richly wrought, are suspend-ed around the sides of this grotto, and kept continu-ally burning. A small platform of stone, about twofeet high, stands on the right side of the entrance;on which is a plain marble slab, bearing evidence ofgreat antiquity. Such slabs were used for the recep-tion of the dead, and on this, it is believed, the Sa-viour was the few genuine antiquities found in this i \\~^ \\\ \^,.
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