The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-12

amazed, enchanted and delighted
Suddenly he will step out of the mar
dow gorge into the sunlight again
cliff, half revealed, half concealed in
the growing shadows, is one of the
largest. most nearly perfect, and most
beautiful monuments to antiquity
Pharaoh's Treasury. Almost as per
feet as the day it came from beneath
the sculptor's chisel, fifteen hundred
or two thousand years ago; colored
with the natural hues of the brilliant
sandstone, which added an indescrib-
| able element to the architectural
beauty; flanked and surmounted by
the cliffs, which have been carved and
tinted in turn by the powers of ma
ture; approached by the mysterious
deficit is almost overpowering in its
effect.
Descriptions of the width and
height and the details Of this monu
ment Of antiquity carved from the
living rock may enable many to re-
produce for themselves some of its
striking features; but neither Ian
guage, measurements or pictures can
give more than a bold idea Of the
temple and its charming surround
ings. The secret of its magic seems
to be the elimination Of mans best
efforts with the powers and beauties
Of nature.
From the moment this visitor sights
the great castellated mass in which
the city lies hidden until he takes his
last glimpse from the highlands above
he cannot cease to wonder at the in. |
describable beauties Of the puppies, |
the yellows, the crimsons, and the |
many-hued combinations Whether
seen in the gloom of the six, or the
brilliant sunshine, that seems 20 kindle
the craggy, bristling pinnacles into
colored flames, they inspire continued
surprise. fs
Beautiful Color Effect.
The ancient sculptors fixed the
levels of their rock-hewn tombs and
temples and dwellings so as to make
most artistic use of the more beauti.
full strata In the mountain walls.
They consciously practiced a kind OF
gardening where, instead Of
beautiful effects produced by banks
If fading flowers, all was carved from
he many-hued and easily wrought
,olid stone, which took on new beau
les as 1t crumbled away.
Not far from Pharaoh's Treasury is
| great theater cut in what may be
.alled the Appian Way of the city.
I stands among some of the finest
epulchers. The floor of the stage !
8 100 feet In diameter. Fully 5000 /
pectators could have found comfort
q the 33 rows OF seats. Here, also.
he coloring Of the sandstone is bril-
ant, and at certain places in the ex- I
AVIATION the tiers Of seats are liz
rally red and purple alternately in
he native rock.
The eastern wall of the valley. near :
he entrance, rises to height of more
ian FIVE hundred feet For a length
{ thousand feet the face OF the
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xcavations to height Of three hun.
red feet above the floor of the val p
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Here are found some Of the most
IMPRESSIVE ruins In the city. The Urn u
NH in the center has In the rock Il
hind 1t room over sixty feet %
Iuare. whose beautifully colored ii
ling can be compared to a great
orm in the heavens The Corinthian
NIB and temple are among the largest
I'd most beautifully colored monu :.
ents In any of the walls. -
The DER or Monastery Is reached ~
one Of the great ravines up which ~
nds path and stairway until an ~
ovation OF 700 feet Is attained A q,
lall plateau opening toward the u
nth gives an extended view of Mount u
Dr. and all the southern end Of the C
lad sea cavity. The spot is wholly 81
accessible except by the one rocky 1t
lirway and winding path dc
til