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 . THE iVERSfTY ^:! I Q a wide open top, has three handles for suspendingchains, and is of a pale green color. The old CopticConvents in Egypt are lighted to this day by similarlamps, some of which have inscriptions in the Copticlano-uage selected from the New Testament. Objects in bronze, copper, and stone, are qnitenumerous, and high
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 . THE iVERSfTY ^:! I Q a wide open top, has three handles for suspendingchains, and is of a pale green color. The old CopticConvents in Egypt are lighted to this day by similarlamps, some of which have inscriptions in the Copticlano-uage selected from the New Testament. Objects in bronze, copper, and stone, are qnitenumerous, and highly interesting as specimens ofancient workmanship, and as showing some of thetools and implements in use at the time of the twoHi rams. THE ECCE HOMO ARCH, This arch is over the Via Dolorosa opposite the Gov-ernors house, and is traditionally said to bear the verychamber and window from which Jesus was shownto the people by Pilate when he said Behold theMan (Ecce homo). This Arch spans the principal street of the city, be-ing the one that leads from St. Stephens Gate on theeast to the Joppa Gate on the west, along which thou-sands of pilgrims from different countries pass in allsorts of garb and every variety of style, on foot, ondonkeys, camels and horses.
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