Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-31

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SLIGHTEST foundation in fact. The stones
in Jerusalem that remain in their ancient
sites to-day show the utter impossibili of
the occurrence which was never heard of
by oay historian or writer orearlicr times.
We find ycpeatcl in the above para.
graph very common story about the
size Of lhes,ones Of the pyramids of Eelpt.
They are commonly reported to be Of
creot size Tho writer above named
makes them sixty feet long The size Of
tho .tona. FIRMS no na,t Of the wopdc,. of
the ,v,.ails. There are many structure.
in the world continuing much larger mon
oliths and modern architects frequently
r,o stones Iorqor and heavier than any in
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sborld bo ,,;Iol Nm bnt # is not 10 be
dopbted if anv one cared to soend few
million dollars in America, 4 fac-simile Of
the pvranid Of Cheops could be erected
here to-day.
Much greater wonders are found in the
Monolithic statues cf Egypt, aud in the
columns or the rreat hall of Ea,uuk.-
IStill the paragraph that We quote is again
in cross error when it describes the ruins
of Tbebes as twenty, seven miles in CIR
cumference, and the story OF hundred
gates but passage from ancient poetry.
The ruins of Thebes are but few in number
and lie in detached places two miles or so
apart on one side OF the hill and about
the gare on the other side. The mono,
li.hic statues, one Of which lives in tradi,
ton as the vocal Memnon, are indeed
wonderful remains Of the grandeur Of an
Gent art, and so are nearly all the Theban
uins. No architect of modern times
would undertake to build one column Of
the twelve great columns of Karnak.-
Each or these is n column tweve feet in
di,o,otor and poorIv ninety feet high
n,odo or section, Of stones piled one on
the other.
Tho great stones of ancient art are
c,rnd at BaaIbeck in Syaria. The Roman
roins there oyerlie the remains Oft Cy,
c,oneon aye. History and tradition are
s;,opt nc 10 the men who hewed those
grandegt remaining memories Of the days
or oi,nts Ten stones in one course, side
Inv side are each about thirty feet long,
thirteen feet high, and ter feet six inches
thick At RIGHT ANGLES with this course
is o,ot5ar Of six similar stones about the
same size as the former and on these SIX
stones lie the three great monoIlin' OF an'
cient workmanship. These three stones
measure in gross loJ feet IN Iength-each
being G3 feet long, l3 feet high and about
the same thickness. No man knows who