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suggestion that tTie building, instead of having been a temple 

 of Jupiter Serapis, was nothing more than a magnificent 

 bathing establishment. Be that as it may, however, it is 

 convenient to refer to it for geological purposes under its 

 well-known name of the Temple of Serapis. To geologists 

 its interest centres in the three tall columns by which the 



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Fir;. 59. — Alarble Column from Temple of Jupiter Serapis. 



building was discovered, and which are the only pillars, out 

 of the original forty-six, still standing. Each column, though 

 upwards of forty feet high, has been carved out of a single block 

 of green marble, Fig. 59. Up to the height of about twelve feet 

 from the base, the colums are smooth ; but, above this level, 

 each pillar is marked by a band of deep pits, the band being 



