Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-29
No. s.


gatew ys d poll he'd rmnte. HE ee'ossi, sa'paed at
the din portals. have heen demnl shed with such
elaborate care. lhat few temaiu even. in cfuey mutt
ed state toiel what They and their fell ws have h"en.
The gorgeous enoig which should dazzle the hesol'r
has fdpd inta few fint strrfka nf furnished paint
scarcely peteegnbe and ,en unnairnd I'LL the atienn
"as called L II And the many fgnfss uf gods. wa
rafs. and priests eShhiiinq Ia the eyes of snmr "sur-
passing grace aud beauty enss; IN confused crnwds o
strange looking Individuals unexihy otect. whn aFpsaf
u stalk along vi the lilly measured tread Of men
stills. But whether engaged in s'lsnn processians. In
eefng sacrifices hcfe he alars. IN paying ihrlf 70
afees their hawk and ram-headed deities. iheir on
costumes their fantastic hend r of fly pyra
inidal pruparnns and the very peculisy Of hrlr
omtcal ptts pencpts excite The ni.Iss aud chrsiy of
he tayc'rhrr very gtots'qrsn, IS makes ,h.m p as
ING aad man finds himself eagerly studying iheiT IN
dsidnal occupations
Pun the exterior walls of The temple seolpursd
those eel hard battle scenes whch rival suhofs hrve
di=faved their eleqnrnee IN cxtnp. Acc rdrg io ~"
slightly imaginative. and fbe nutgoifians th' ~ enms'lv
executed has ee represent a sfs oi atirrne seencs ot
war and h'olsbel a. lap bly, sud esnnecedy "a wit
ten out in tar Rumao characters. The heroic ehhf pr
lorna rtd grs ol vlt-hc rushes h,lhsr AID ihi her
in Ina ch,ria-l,,s Il stl" princes. snd fl ay puts
iha Whue & tnh'. lhs vnnqui he'd take teintrla
e'iRhbu ~ WOOD, y h - tho eoerr scnds herald
OIL 9 ia IN ihelr w. IN cord tim future ehedlenre
Ia hs VIII aud tire payment II trihote The heated ".
ffftgn, dun thr ah'enrn nj The hefnld nIHs lrhm is
snd sNets tbrr the IA s'n Is successful.
the detcr herr. in Of tnumplhl pre- ION. In gve
his 81 ph evidence Of prawcss incks can
live prince nndrr each atm. and yaanily nnfeh'~ on
with an Immense number II poners III ln's ka pieces
Of splllcd hdney. fdo~Iug n the rent All this pr-
pefty worked up. aud e aueoty eafrished, makes nn
exceedingly armdahr Iii play in book, but am in-
ehed I" thnl, that lew ren nlemen WIN are nh bent IN
pc peaug pedanlc ily ol the snrt. would have tn"
paiencc even with he descriptions In hard. L" i'l'"w
the chief through all the exciting mazes ut the baill"
ca evidences
rontes- there really we'll eyecuied horses In wal.
rhatlos plnnging htpngh crowds nr very awkward
lmLinR wuolen men-thrte swords and Iavrllns ~
abundance hea n dead and dying aud c'owds
Of intensely wiechcd looking individuals In chains. that
me doubt cap ives nut 10 the elegance and anina
toa ot the ferhsent,lan sni 10 he worthy e one OF
Homer escfip ors Il ia all en- ph7tcnlly sui. Aud
would hiuk of attempting 10 nnr vel del's
w'b ss To trace The highly maGirnlise NJ q wing de-
eeptnn, the fyfo STA OF viii have given ahnse The
warriors arr nj rather exaggerated specimens ai hun ~
ily, vi h an arm awkwafdy hung In h'ir bfeas aud
another their backs. They seem b. altogether des
ltnie Of joints. aud when m,ton IA represented they
enod ne + lhe movements OF elnmsy lrnctd
ant imailon, whose hinges sad} N want vi gtas
ing
My wish has heen. in dwelling thus long par ion
lars. Ia then haf tho hehes had known paper
mol The 1'hebrs furd IN the val cy of the Mic. And
yet. would MT VII gly convey The impression ih,
was not deeply Interested IN my visit Ia the "hnndred
gated" Event og, though certainly not beautiful ia
ll81Nr hhl ltrptSng. hfto Is lnnd bf fenfrlln apd
study At every 1urn, The mysterious picture writing
npon he column, and o. oisls the has relief themselves
are fIl ,l interest Aud. althuugh cannot admire their
pmppruona yel h have thoir charms lrom their very
Pffn 1tltlta aud are thrnply interesting the ratli
81 All mps al tho representa- of lhe human ynfe
period whom all other ancient uanns among whom the
afb have 1mnshed, were III wrapped III barbaii m
iaFf neFei sern any hing IN afehlt elure more grand
ard Impressive han the laliy giteways that pad ~ tho
temple Aud alihounh time has sl,nitrurd The ayrnua
a md HAT "A hpYn llv
mntatod by the blind rug of ylctofaus nvaderephoueh
lhr eulussi We're demolished during the inya-ion
ol the Pesans. yet the venerable fragments of hh tell
what they wefe, aud how grand was their fleet when
perfect
Anuo in I'M forest Of enormnua pars my mind flew
buck through thousands o years IN The pethd when
hehos was III her enfy aud karnae had is norslipers.
| ell thai panpr hn had rcard such wnk could he
gmiiy ol IA neda suppTton that the sterons Signs
AID dgureson II" wal 8 aud the massive du'aby of ,he
wall h mselyes hat had oniyrd every efni to destroy
ihan, spoke oi worship, worthy in grandtur, #
ehpl". pictured to Hgslf the Imposing ceremonies
oI approaching the temple; the p1mp and mngnifccnae
with winch HE procession Of phi sts and wnstIets
moved through the long cf lis grim guadans 70 ihs
RlPnnlc statues st,toned Al the pntlas And could
hut llluk low much mefe puweffil hGn piemy mnn.
stationed 1lefe wit his NEST effective wearans.
he-f ossa gnadilns, clothed IN al the terrible alirl
bntes with Which superstition could invest them. tjird
"a paint to my nind's eye The trembling with which
eeon dent.ed the sanctuary, where m I'll thunder and
i2hlhN9 hhd all Inc harrItle cunlNauCe3 r crafty
pfsth ud were exefed 10 strike ntl the sorl Ut
The wotshpr. was 81 IN conjecture in aitenrtI q 10
solyr the glanmy mystery Of thai religion whrh he
elfHlng II SAP the power ut nagcans, aud the
Hg pi cha had united render fesrlully sul ne.
In order Ia convey 10 you idea of Egyptian temple.
will attempt brief descriptions long avenue of
Sphinx 8, nifing each side of the way, lead 10
those magnItcebt gateways which mentioned before
Il cansls # two lofty pyamda lowers 81 ghly taper
ing Wari the top, aud snrmountd by mass coIce
# great tleg ance. and Of tha portal ITSELF Which shspd
Ike the t"efs, although greatly snal er and is n,nked
on each side by them The square snlaces of both tow
and portal unamened y ihsa strange figures of
nen engaged IN the different rites f heir worship. A.
though the heads If most n Them have been carefully de-
faced. Ald the cornco of he pora has those myster
nus symbols # he gubr, The serp"nls. and the wings,
which, as said beioe appear upon The entrance OF every
sacred place III Egypt They seu upInred IN reli I,
and were originally richly colnred with blue aud rG,
few traces Of which still dscoverab'e. On each side
ofthe portal stationed the trownng ossi. guar
dams Of the sanctuary of the temple and passing through
ihe gateway yen en'ed another double row Of Sinh nxes
then another gltewav; rhen the Sphinxes again; and
third gaeway guarded inside and out by clossi. viii n
lead into he temple. There four prncipa entrances
of this he mple If Karnac, lopk toward the
morrill, sou h east, and wes; and several ei the lendd
gateways perfect. except the mnaiinn OF their cup
ture. What a glo nus effect hes four princip ap-
proaches must hay poducd when at the same time goat
ded aud adorned by the Sphnyes, the rich portals aud
huge colossl But hec only remains enoeeh 10 tell
what had been
Two nils from Karnac stands. near the ba"k Of the
wv ~ al n. L.. AZ An avptt pfI