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Origin of the architecture in rock dwellings Second style, a combination of the native rock with the ordinary wall Later on, the use of the native rock, discarded Employment of huge blocks of stone in the early walls Absence of cement Bevelling Occurrence of Cyclopian walls Several architectural members comprised in one block Phoenician shrines The Maabed and other shrines at Amrith Phoenician temples Temple of Paphos Adjuncts to temples Museum of Golgi Treasure chambers of Curium Walls of Phoenician towns Phoenician tombs Excavated chambers Chambers built of masonry Groups of chambers Colonnaded tomb Sepulchral monuments The Burdj-el-Bezzak The Kabr Hiram The two Meghazil Tomb with protected entrance Phoenician ornamentation Pillars and their capitals Cornices and mouldings Pavements in mosaic and alabaster False arches Summary.
M. Renan says of the Maabed, or main shrine at Amrith: "L'aspect general de l'edifice est Egyptian, mais avec une certaine part d'originalite. Le bandeau et la corniche sur les quatre cotes de la stalle superiere en sont le seul ornement.
It was, he believes, a monolithic chamber, with a roof slightly vaulted, like that of the Maabed, having a length of eight feet, a breadth of five, and a height of about ten feet, and ornamented externally with a very peculiar cornice.
The shrine which is complete, or almost complete, bears the name of "the Maabed" or "Temple." Its central position, in the middle of an excavated court, and its mixed construction, partly of native rock and partly of quarried stone, have been already described. It remains to give an account of the shrine or tabernacle itself.
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