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 . Djins whowrought his behests, imagine them to be deposi-tories for treasure. Indeed, it is the universal beliefamong the Turks and Arabs, that every great massof ruins covers mighty heaps of treasure; nor cantliey be persuaded that travelers visit them for anyother purpose than that of carrying away the spoils. At a short distance w
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 . Djins whowrought his behests, imagine them to be deposi-tories for treasure. Indeed, it is the universal beliefamong the Turks and Arabs, that every great massof ruins covers mighty heaps of treasure; nor cantliey be persuaded that travelers visit them for anyother purpose than that of carrying away the spoils. At a short distance west of the great ruins standeight stumpy columns of Egyptian granite, highlypolished, and for the most part without a scratch onthem. One of these columns is distinguished fromthe rest by its green quartz. These columns are trueEgyptian granite, and as no such rock is found any-where in Syria, the query is suggested—how couldpillars fifteen feet long and three feet in diameter bebrought over Mt. Lebanon, which is difficult fortravelers to cross, even unencumbered ? Baalbek is now a wretched Syrian callage, with apopulation of less than 200; and the day is not fardistant when the jackal and hyena will be undi&-puted masters of this once splendid
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