The "tomb of Hiram" has been already described

Four monuments of a more or le similar character exist on the Syrian mainland opposite Aradus, in the near vicinity of Amrit. Two are known as "the Meghazils." They stand near together on a low hill, at some little distance from the coast, between the Nahr Amrit and the Nahr Kublé. The more striking of the two has been described as a "real masterpiece in respect of proportion, elegance, and majesty." It consists of a basement story, which is circular and flanked by four stone lions, whereof the effect is admirable, with a second story of a cylindrical shape, and a third similar one, of smaller dimensions, crowned by a dome or half-sphere. The whole, except the basement story or plinth, which consists of four blocks, is cut out of a single stone. The double cylinder is decorated round the summit of each of its parts with a row of carved cren ellations standing out about four inches from the general surface. The lions, whose heads and fore-quarters alone project from the ma of the base, are roughly carved and seem to have been left unfinished, but the mouldings, and the general dre ing of the stone, have been executed with much care. The entire height of the monument is thirty two feet.