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 THE TEMPLE IN PHCEXICIA. 257 described stand the base and lower parts of another ; of this enough has not been recovered to justify a complete restoration, but there is sufficient to dispel all doubt as to the strong- re- semblance that must have existed between the two monuments. FIG. 188. Monolithic tabernacle of Ain-el-llayat. From Kenan. 9 The general Egyptian character, the small flights of steps giving access to the cella, are conspicuous in both. Their position, too, face to face and not far apart, shows that they formed parts of a single whole ; one of the two may have been consecrated to a god, and the other to his corresponding goddess. It is likely that in FIG. 189. Plan of the two tabernacles at Ain-el-IIayat. From Kenan. antiquity, as now, the feet of both monuments stood in water. They would thus be protected from profane hands, which could only reach them by means of a boat, which we may be sure would not be at the order of the first comer. May we not even suppose VOL. i. L L