THE MODERN PUZZUOLI 



were bored into by sea-shells. Now some more 

 centuries have elapsed ; the ground has risen 

 again until we have the condition shown in the 

 photograph (Fig. 23), which gives a general 

 view of the same region as that drawn by the 

 use of the imagination in Figs. 21 and 22. The 



Ftg. 23. — Photograpli of Puzzuoli at tiie present day showing 

 the three columns of the so-called temple of Serapis, as 

 now seen after the retreat of the sea due to the re-elevation 

 of the land. 



land rose again from the water. But the sea 

 left its mark on the columns, showing exactly 

 how deeply they were merged in the intervening 

 centuries. 



This is considered one of the clearest and 

 most direct proofs of the changes which take 



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