ABSTRACT
The chief interest about the town or fortress was in the mixture of relics, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Saracenic and Turkish. The winged globe, Greek borders and columns, Roman walls, Mosques and Turkish fortifications, - all these may be seen in half-an-hour's walk, heaped together or scattered about. The modern dwellings appear to be, for the most part, made of rough stones, instead of mud. The temple of Dirr interested the author much from the novelty of its area and portico being in the open air, when the rest of the temple is in the rock. The corridor or portico is faced with four Osiride pillars. The four figures which it once contained are gone: but their seat remains, and their marks against the wall. Two dark chambers, containing some imperfect sculptures, are on either hand; and this is all.
