Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 486
^ correspond with each other, butthe south is in better condition than the other. These nicheshave columns in front of them in the style of the hexagon, withchambe*--) at the angles of the great court or square. The visitor … THE GREAT TEMPLE. 471 entering through the portico, and passing into the great court,has before him on the opposite side (the west) of the court,the Greac Temple originally dedicated to Baal. This was a mag-nificent peristyle measuring 290 feet by 160 feet, with nineteenhuge columns on each side,…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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