The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . y the hieroglyphicson the facade, unfortunately not copied; and the subterraneanchambers, which were entered by the wells at a a a, do notappear from the plan necessarily connected with the object, indeed, is unintelligible without the inscriptionswhich were found in them. The wall en potence, as Avell as theramp, and even the wall behind, were probably intended to pre-vent the sand from ever encroaching in very large quantitiesupon the Sphinx, which, after all, must have been raised upona platform
The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . y the hieroglyphicson the facade, unfortunately not copied; and the subterraneanchambers, which were entered by the wells at a a a, do notappear from the plan necessarily connected with the object, indeed, is unintelligible without the inscriptionswhich were found in them. The wall en potence, as Avell as theramp, and even the wall behind, were probably intended to pre-vent the sand from ever encroaching in very large quantitiesupon the Sphinx, which, after all, must have been raised upona platform more or less elevated ; and on the two tablets, inwhich it is depicted, it is thus shewn—couchant, on a base,decorated with architectural details resembling the doors andportcullises of the pyramids, having a doorway under it. Ifthis were the case, the whole was connected Avith the secondpyramid, by means of a dromos placed before the propylon,which was erected probably at the time the fourth dynastyexisted, and to which a dromos must subsequently have beenadded. S. S^manzJFaliisierdel. PLAN or A HOUSE AT POMPEII EXCAVATED UNDER THE DWARD FALHENER. IN 1847. 20 30 40 SbTUt I ? /; 35 ON A HOUSE AT POMPEII, EXCAVATED UNDER PERSONAL SUPERINTENDENCE IN 1847- La casa puo a buon dritto contarsi fralle piu importanti di essa citta, tanto pelnumero de quadretti che decorano le diverse stanze, quanto per le buonesculture di marmo che vi si rinvennero.—Bull. deW Inst, di Corr. , p. 129. T^HE house which I am about to describe may be considered-?- as amongst the most interesting in Pompeii. It is truethat it is not so large, nor so regular, as some others; but itexhibits many important peculiarities; it contains several mostextraordinary paintings; its decorative arabesques are of themost elegant character; and, lastly, there is no house inPompeii which affords such sure data to determine the cha-racter, if not the name and occup
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