Observations on the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples : with an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface in remote periods and to prove that those causes continue in action at the present time : with a supplement of Conjectures on the physical condition of the surface of the moon (1847)
AGE ON THE TEMPLE OF SERAPI3. beach, and which is covered by about seventeen feet of tuff. The part of this older beach which is nearer to Pozzuoli is covered by a stratum consisting of fine sand, shells, and water-worn fragments of brick and pottery. The whole plain called La Starza, which lies… … E The Arch of Antoninus Pius. A Pozzuoli. B The Bridge of Caligula. F The Temple of Neptune. C The Temple of Serapis. G The Temple of the Nymphs. I) The Amphitheatre. H La Starza. There are also the remains of two Roman roads, at present under water ; one of these reached from Pozzuoli to the…
