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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 77
The front of the excavation is seven feet thick. There
are two entrances: the largest, between the centre pillars, is
almost blocked up by the stones of the ceiling. On the Eight
is a smaller entrance. Both are without architectural orna*
ments. The interior is divided by a lateral wall of rock into
two sets of chambers. The first, which is largest, is about
sixty-nine feet in length, by forty in breadth. Its ceiling,
formed by the rock, is supported by two rows of square
pillars, three in each, with a coarse entablature; their dimen-
sions five feet by five, and intercolumniation six feet. In
the lateral wall are three doors. The centre one leads to an
inner chamber, twenty-one feet by fifteen ; at the end of
which are two steps, and a seat, intended for the statues
usually found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians.
On the right wall of this chamber are two recesses, close
together, about two feet square and one deep: on the left is
one recess of the same size. On each side of this chamber
is a smaller one, to which the other two doors in the lateral
wall lead. The breadth of the portico is the same as that of
the great chamber. The sides of the rock, cut away to form
the approach to the front, are covered with hieroglyphics
and symbolic figures. The latter represent the warlike actions
of some hero, and are rudely cut. The front of the exca-
vation and the interior have hieroglyphics and symbolic
figures ; of which one sQt on the right is similar to that
The front of the excavation is seven feet thick. There
are two entrances: the largest, between the centre pillars, is
almost blocked up by the stones of the ceiling. On the Eight
is a smaller entrance. Both are without architectural orna*
ments. The interior is divided by a lateral wall of rock into
two sets of chambers. The first, which is largest, is about
sixty-nine feet in length, by forty in breadth. Its ceiling,
formed by the rock, is supported by two rows of square
pillars, three in each, with a coarse entablature; their dimen-
sions five feet by five, and intercolumniation six feet. In
the lateral wall are three doors. The centre one leads to an
inner chamber, twenty-one feet by fifteen ; at the end of
which are two steps, and a seat, intended for the statues
usually found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians.
On the right wall of this chamber are two recesses, close
together, about two feet square and one deep: on the left is
one recess of the same size. On each side of this chamber
is a smaller one, to which the other two doors in the lateral
wall lead. The breadth of the portico is the same as that of
the great chamber. The sides of the rock, cut away to form
the approach to the front, are covered with hieroglyphics
and symbolic figures. The latter represent the warlike actions
of some hero, and are rudely cut. The front of the exca-
vation and the interior have hieroglyphics and symbolic
figures ; of which one sQt on the right is similar to that