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Updated: May 27, 2025
Native talent has contributed little or nothing to the ornamentation of buildings, if we except the modification of the types which have been derived from foreign sources. Finally, there is a want of combination and general plan in the Phoenician constructions where they fall into groups. "This is sensibly felt," according to M. Renan, "at Amrith, at Kabr-Hiram, and at Um-el-Awamid.
The best known is probably that in the vicinity of Tyre, which the natives call the Kabr-Hiram, or "Tomb of Hiram." No great importance can be attached to this name, which appears to be a purely modern one; but the monument is undoubtedly ancient, perhaps as ancient as any other in Phoenicia.
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