JERUSALEM. 383 
his time. "Tt consisted of a plank of stone, chap. 
about SIX uicUes in thickness, carved so as to ^. .y > 
resemble a piece of wainscot. This turned 
upon two hinges, which were of the same entire 
piece of stone with the door." Maundrell after- 
wards explains the method by which this work 
was accomplished ^ The same sort of door 
exists among the sepulchi-es at Telmessus, and is 
described in a former part of this volume*. But 
the Antients possessed the art of being able to 
close these doors in such a manner, that no one 
Gould have access to the sepulchres, who was not 
acquainted with the secret method of opening 
them, unless by violating the sepulchre, and 
forcing a passage through their stone pannels. 
This has been done by the moderns, in some 
instances, at Telmessus, with a view to rifle the 
tombs ; and the doors, although broken, still 
remain closed, with their hinges unimpaired. 
Pausanias, describing the Sepulchre of Helena at 
Jerusalem, mentions^ this device : " It icas so 
(3) Journ. from Mep. to Jerus. p. 78. 0.vf.'\~2\. 
(4) See Chap. VIII. 
(5) ''Ejopatois Sk 'EXivr,; yuvnixoi i'Ti^ugia.; ra^o; lcrr)v in vtokii ToXufioi; tjn 
OfAotui ^avTCt tvffav tm racpcu Xthy/iv, f/.Yi "^^crt^ov 'uravoiyiff^ai ■z^iv uv jj^s^a* TS 
att xai Spav to 'iri; iTaydyij tjjv aUTr,-'' Ton oi v'tto ftovou tou /an^^^Kvnfixros 
ivoi^hTffa xcti oil -^oXv iTfiof^ouiroc. avvipf^Xz'i^Sri oi hXiyvis. rourov filv i'>} o'Jru' Tar 
01 aXXov ^povov i,vo'ii,ai ^ii^iofiivos, avo/^a; /.csv oux uv, xarii^u; Ss avTr,v rT^sTj^ai" 
fiai^o(iifos. Pausan. in Arcad. cap.xvi, p. 633. edit. Kidinii. Lips. IGD6. 
