. The Archaeological journal . r temples whose ruins have disappeared. How-ever, it appears to me that a discovery, made a few yearssince, settles the question. An Englishman, as I am in-formed, undertook some excavations at Baalbeck, and in thecourse of them discovered in the vicinity of the circulartemple, a marble statue in a fine state of preservation, whichhe Avas about to remove, when the populace of Baalbeck,whether influenced by fanaticism, avarice or caprice doesnot appear, wantonly mutilated the statue, broke off itshead, and broke its body in several places. It still remainsin the m
. The Archaeological journal . r temples whose ruins have disappeared. How-ever, it appears to me that a discovery, made a few yearssince, settles the question. An Englishman, as I am in-formed, undertook some excavations at Baalbeck, and in thecourse of them discovered in the vicinity of the circulartemple, a marble statue in a fine state of preservation, whichhe Avas about to remove, when the populace of Baalbeck,whether influenced by fanaticism, avarice or caprice doesnot appear, wantonly mutilated the statue, broke off itshead, and broke its body in several places. It still remainsin the market-place, and has been rudely restored. Itrepresents a female draped and seated on a throne, with alion standing on its left side. This animal has also lost itshead, but its figure and legs leave no doubt as to the natureof the beast. There probably was another lion on the rightside of the figure also. The statue is of white marble, andis a fair specimen of sculpture. I have found a photograph of this figure, from which the.
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