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THE TEMPLE IN CYPRUS. 2S; of these were set against the walls ; as many as seventy-two were counted along the eastern side. 1 Other larger pedestals, each supporting two statues placed back to back (Fig. 207), divided the hall lengthwise into five parallel aisles. The pave- ment consisted of slabs of Cyprian limestone. The statues were found lying on the earth, face downwards for the most part, under a thick covering of rubbish, which appeared to consist chiefly of the washings of crude brick hardened into a kind of cement, out of which it was difficult to disengage the broken sculptures. Ceccaldi, who studied all that was left of the structure both on the actual site and at the American consulate, gives the following ideal restitution of the Golgos temple : " The temple was built mainly of sun-dried bricks, which formed four walls standing on Fu;. 207. Pedestal for two statues. Height I5i inches ; length 46 inches. stone foundations. These walls were lined, like those of the modern Cyprian peasant's house, with a white or coloured water- proof stucco. . . . Wooden pillars with stone capitals upheld a ridge roof, of which the slope was so slight as to form practically a fiat terrace, like the roofs still in use in the island. This roof consisted of pieces of timber carefully jointed ; over these mats and reeds were spread, and over those, again, a thick layer of beaten earth, which offered a thorough resistance both to are in colour, while the rest are heliogravures. Each plate will be accompanied by a descriptive notice. The price of the whole is 150 dollars. According to the prospectus, the first volume should contain the objects in marble, stone, and alabaster, all statues colossal and otherwise, statuettes, busts, heads, bas-reliefs, votive offerings, and sarcophagi. In the second will be found objects in bronze, silver, gold, rock- crystal and glass, and precious stones. The third will be reserved for ceramic objects and inscriptions. 1 CESNOLA, Cyprus, p. 10.