Curiosities Respecting Temples, Etc
Ples, & Other Monuments of Antiquity
EGYPTIAN CURIOSITIES: - Pompey's Pillar-Buildings, and Library, of Alexandria-Temple of Tentyra--Palace of Memnon-Temple of Osiris.
Pyramids of Egypt
this place they found a grotto, seventeen feet long and four high; and seven feet below this, a platform, from which the well descended two…
Pyramids of Egypt: Belzoni
Belzoni's own Researches.-M. Belzoni determined on penetrating one of the famous pyramids, and, after an immense labour, succeeded in…
Pompey S Pillar
POMPEY'S PILLAR AT ALEXANDRIA; with an account of a surprising Exploit of some British Sailors.
Pompey S Pillar: English
The exploit of some British Seamen. One of the volutes of the column was prematurely brought down some years ago, by a prank of some…
Buildings, and Library, of Alexandria
a man's proportion at so great a height. There are circum. stances in this story which might give it an air of fiction, were it not proved…
Temple of Tentyra, in Egypt
disposed, that the eye discovers the most just proportion every where. The majestic appearance of its construction, the variety of its…
Palace of Memnon, Etc
our view only an heap of ruins, without inhabitants; but to the west of these ruins is still found the celebrated Tomb of Ismandes. The…
Curiosities Respecting Temples, Etc (Six lions' heads placed)
Six lions' heads, placed on the two sides of the temple, serve as spouts to carry off the water. One mounts to the top by a staircase of a…
Chap. Liv
CURIOSITIES RESPECTING BUILDINGS, ETC. (Continued.) Temple of Diana at Ephesus-Laocoon-Babylon-Alhambra. TEMPLE OF DIANA, AT EPHESUS. - The…
Temple of Diana, at Ephesus
one hundred and twenty-seven marble pillars, seventy feet high, of which twenty-seven were most curiously carved, and the rest polished…
Curiosities Respecting Temples, Etc (Second though reckoned as well)
second, though reckoned, as well as it, one of the wonders of the world.
Curiosities Respecting Temples, Etc: Babylon
The famous Hanging Gardens, which adorned the palace in Babylon, were ranked among the wonders of the world. They contained four hundred…
Curiosities Respecting Temples, Etc: Moorish
This place was the residence of the Moorish monarchs of Grenada. It derives its name from the red colour of the materials with which it was…
Interior of an Ancient Roman House
from thence to the centre of the cupola. The walls on three sides are fifteen feet thick, on the other nine; the lower range of windows…
Chap. Lv
SERAGLIO. THIS word is commonly used to express the house or palace of a prince. In this sense it is frequently used at Constantinople: the…
Church of Notre Dame at Paris
SERAGLIO which are inclosed with lattices and linen curtains and when they go by land they are put into close chariots, and signals are…
Church of Notre Dame at Paris: Vatican
It would answer little purpose to trace the history of Museums, as the earlier part of it is involved in obscurity; and as we approach our…
Curios Ties Respecting Temples, Etc
we have noticed in our account of the Vatican, here received distinguished honours, within a space railed in; and the Apollo Belvidere is…
Curios Ties Respecting Temples, Etc: British
The British Museum, in London, a repository under the immediate care of government, and itself governed by fifteen trustees , selected from…
Colossus of Rhodes. -Obelisks
have been a fathom in circumference, and its fingers were larger than most statues. It was hollow, and in its cavities were large stones…
Colossus of Rhodes. -Obelisks: Egyptian
The first obelisk mentioned in history was that of Rameses, king of Egypt, in the time of the Trojan war, which was forty cubits high…
Markable Obelisk, Near Forres, in Scotland
About a mile from Forres, on the left-hand side of the road, is a remarkable obelisk, said to be the most stately monument of the Gothic…
Chap. Lvi
CURIOSITIES RESPECTING TEMPLES, ETC.-(Concluded.) Inverlochy Castle-Magdalen's Hermitage-Curiosities of Friburg -Curiosities of…
Magdalen's Hermitage.-Friburg
MAGDALEN'S HERMITAGE - This place is situated about a league from Friburg, in Switzerland, and is described by Mr. Blainville, and also by…
Magdalen's Hermitage.-Friburg: Sanen
CURIOSITIES OF FRIBURG. - Friburg is a large town of Switzerland, seated on the Sanen, in a most singular and picturesque situation. Mr…
Augsburg. the Escurial
it has so many engines and divisions with gates and keys, and apartments for guards, at some distance from each other, where passengers are…
Augsburg. the Escurial: Philip
It was begun by Philip in 1562, five years after the battle, and completed in twenty-two years. It consists of several courts and…
Augsburg. the Escurial: Charles
The church is in the centre, is large, awful, and richly ornamented. The cupola is bold and light. The high altar is composed of rich…
Florence Statues. -Great Wall of China
This is esteemed one of the most curious collections of portraits in the world; for all the persons are drawn with the greatest strength of…
Curious Sight at Palermo
above the surface of the water. These were the first fields which the Mexicans had after the foundation of Mexico; there they first…
Sight at Palermo
Among the remarkable objects in the vicinity of Palermo, pointed out to strangers, they fail not to particularize a convent of Capuchins…
Curiosities Respecting the Ark, Etc (Assemblage of fleshless)
assemblage of fleshless figures, rendered still more frightful by a long beard on the chin, what a hideous spectacle this must exhibit; and…
Chap. Lvii
Curiosities respecting the Ark of Noah-The Galley of Hieroand the Bridge of Xerxes. THE ARK OF NOAH. - That such a wonderful structure as…
The Ark of Noah
that the Jewish cubit was twenty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight inches. Smellius computes the ark to have been above half an…
The Galley of Hiero
were erected in Syracuse, by his order, and under the direction of Archimedes, were the greatest ornaments of that stately metropolis. He…