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 150 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud^a. characteristic position at the head of ravines, whose rocky sides were cut, scooped, stepped or levelled, and thickly built upon ; but which, now encumbered with rubbish, make of the Jerusalem of to-day a very different city from that of the past. As in Rome, where the accumulated detritus of ages is a formidable obstacle for ascertaining the existence of the seven hills, here also the English had to cut very deep before they came upon the old level, which they did in many places. Not the least remarkable dis- covery was the finding of two bridges, which were thrown across the Tyropceon, connecting the two sides of the city ; one at the south-west angle of the temple and the other a little more north. They are known respectively as Robinson's and Wilson's Arch, from the names of the explorers who brought them to light. The cause- way which passed I®! under Robinson's Arch measured 91 y ^! m. in length, and the width of the arches supporting it, 15 m. 50 c. 1 Springing from a pier which rested upon the rock were no less than two arches with drafted stones like those of the substructures of theharam. Stretch- ing from the base of the pier, a little above the point Fig. 107. — Voussoir of Arch fallen through roof of rock-excavated where it met the canal. Recovery, p. 105. rock, was a pave- ment which formerly must have been the surface of the street below, across which were found the voussoirs and débris of Robin- 1 Messrs. Warren and Wilson have calculated from the voussoirs, making the diameter of the arch somewhat less : 13 m. o, 3 c.