New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-01

ignorance Of the place Of which has led many antigua
rams ~ suppose that il bad sank beneath tho sea he
finds now TO he made promcntory by the low isn!s
thrown up in the later centuries. Sill further from
Tyre, at the Tomb OF Hiram, two hours distant, he
found about the great tomb two three yerv ine sar'
cophaei. The excavations brought farm-hooses TO
light, with their complete outfit of agricultural to's
His researches seem 10 show that in the suburbs the
tombs were placed not apart from the life ofths popu-
ation but Joined to their houses The ruins Of the VII
lagos contain msgDi6een, sepultures the so-eaied
Tomb If Hiram itself appears have bad bonse Oh
the north eide Of it. He concluded that the tomb is o.
late origin. Three or four hundred yards from the
Tomb fine moeaic, thirty feet By forty, was dsooF-
cred about foot beneath the surface. 1t was tue
pavement of small Abyssinian church she outlines
of which could be distinctly traced, An inscription
stated that the church conseeraed 10 ST. Chrs'o'
pber in the year 70l, under Bishop George and yea
con Gyms in the name of the farmers laborers ana
frugrowers Of the neighborhoOd The era was douo'-
less that Of Antioch, which wOnid make the date o'@
or 653 of our era Ten or twelve yesbefore, me con-
qnering Arabs had swept the country, ana II 10
not a little astonishing that the Christians should DC
rich or bold enough to execute this work. Prcoaoiy
the mossic was compled before the Arabs came 'ne
church destroye Immediately on lie confecraon
and the mosaic has been preserved from the pho" ny
the fgtrees which grew over IL. worker I'D inoss'o
from Rome il now employed on this pavement Prepar
ing IL for transportation 10 Paris. The mosaic IL Wen
worth this troubles il has inscription At the 1901 OF
the altar and los medaiOns representing eomosts oi
animals rusc tcenes the paye Of children, the twelve
month"; the four seasons the four winds and seresd
animals and fruie 9. At 0um-elAwamid, NJ. kenan
discovered that The buildings OF the Acropos, when
are the most noticeable Of us antiquities, were MADE
up of old columns taken from buildings which belonged
10 the period OF the purest Greek art. The lonlan
capitals. in fact, were quite fine as those Of the
smaller temples Of The Acropolis at Athena. OF the
Egyptian construction at Oum-el-Awanid, NJ. Renap
brought aw ay some specimens Of the peculiar arcf-
tectur. and sculpture The supposed Cycopean struc
tmes At this place he found 10 DO OF modern date, but
in his Investigations among them he discovered three
Phencian inscriptions of great valne. One Of them Is
vow OF one Abdeim, the Of Nathan the son Of Alb
delin the son of Baa Scbamor or the god BGal-sehe
rnesch The Sun.God. Another IL a vow Of certain
Abieschmoun to Astarta. Another was inscribed ON
the edge of an eliptcal object marked its encave
surface by from of the fJci lie supp'ses II
sun-dil OF this inscription the two ends are mna'-
ed so thst probably il can never be read. This Oum
el.Awamid, which signifies the Mother OF Columns he
considers 10 b. the point IN all SyIa where Pbencian
antiquity is bert preserved.
In the department Of inscriptions aid archaeology,
NJ. Renan found tho Lebanon much ( uitful than
the ee Of the cities along tho Tue ianatcsu Of
The Metnelis wac % great that, ne soon az 1t was
discovered that any object had value Of any kind
10 the Giaours, they immediately demolished it II
il was not watched. Ia the region Of Tyre tom les,
10 common the Lebanon, are scarce. The tenn
pie on the Island of Nekarih, like tai at Jerusalom,
appears o have had an exclusive character. But he
relnains II agricultural implements here have mas-
sye character Pbenica, be says, the only country in
the world in which they built wne.press or wash-
basin for eternity Near Tyre, enormous spcimsns
Of primitive rustic economy ART discovered, cslerIs
and cellars bur religious inscriptions. In the N'in-
ity Of Sidon he found hne Greek and Latin m
seriptioDs which copied, b, aso ~pme charming
medaons representing the myth Of Psyoh' fh'n-
clan Inscriptions are 20 rare tina, lie was surprised 20
find in nuch-irq uented cave the walls Of which
are covered with embems Which seem 20 indicate ifal
it was devoted 70 the wOrshp Of AsiaTte These D.
sciptone, for the frs; tine found, show thsi u
wss temple dedicated to the worship Of h"loch and
Astarie and hat this il the most Authentic relic
Of the grossezi element Of Tyrsn woreiP. In the vi
lage of Kana--which must not be cOnioundvd with |
Cana Of Galilee--he found sDme very 6ne TyTian
sepultures snd sculpture, among them beautiful bs-
relief of the Egyptian character Of which NJ. R.nan
viii bring q eitt 70 France. Beyond the mountains
which form the eastern horizon AZ Tyre on the west
ern terrace Of Lake Hulch, the sarcophag while pre-
serving their grand and massive forms become oruq'
ment.d 70 greater degree Syrian lempl.sieplAcethe
phenican and till farther the eas, there sup
planted by synagogues. Al Ain-Ibl he found fine /
caves with Greek inscriptions, and at YaTon some ri'
Inc in which the remains Of church mingled with
those Of an edfce in the style Of Oum-sl-Awamidi |
Ire tomb 40 much admired by our DR.. Robinson has |
been blown up by The natives. From Douar, place
near Ain-Ib he brings 10 Paris hne bssreef repre-
sen'ing BaaSun and Asarte TIE moon, surrounded by
Greek inscriptions. An inscription stscs that the mon
nment was raised by an Arab sheik who hss be-
ono farmer Inih. village Of Schelsboun he rccog
lires The Schaalebbn Of the tribe Of Dan Joehua xix
Fl Judges !, 81 Kngt iy, ~. At Kades, The fine
,uiding which DIR. Robinson considers synagogue,
". Relan Inclined TO consider Phencian temple.
Vt Kefe .kerim commences the Hebrew region, which
le reserves for another report.