Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 568
Syria during the fourth, fifth,and sixth centuries. Many of the single monuments are elegantand imposing, while the entrances to some of the cemeteries havefeatures reminding us of the Roman catacombs. Fig. 148 is aview of the exterior of a tomb at El-Barah, Central Syria. Theexterior somewhat… … m Fig. 148.—Exterior view of rocli-liewu tombs at El-Barah, Central Syria. face of the rock. The}^ generally lack the passages so usual in theRoman catacombs, and more resemble the cubicula. The numberof these subterranean tombs in Syria is very great, and they furtherconfirm our inipression of the…
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