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Bâra March 25, 1900 to April 1, 1900

This ruin has been sometimes called the
Pompeii of the East. It was a very extensive
city as may be seen from the ruins but
most of the large buildings have been greatly
destroyed. A number of well-defined streets
remain that give it the resemblance to Pompeii.

Tombs. It is most famous for its pyramidal
tombs which exist in a wonderful state of
preservation and form landmarks of peculiar
beauty among the ancient olive groves.

no I. The largest of these tombs - published and
restored by de Vogüé - has lost its great pyramid
but it is a monument of great beauty still. It was
practically in three stories - one under the surface,
and two in the cubical building. These stories are
marked on the exterior by a moulding - the
lower story is broken only by the doorway, the
upper by two windows on each face.

The ornament is of great richness and is
like a semiclassical treatment of Byzantine style
The carving represents flowering acanthus leaves