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surface of the others reached by a broad
descending passage and an arch. The whole
was surrounded by a colonnade and is
connected with a building not far to the south.

All the chapels seem to have held tombs
and the whole structure has the
appearance of having been a monastery.

Domestic Architecture. The villas of Khirbet Ḥâṣṣare very much
in one style tho' there are certain variations
of plan. The common form is that of a
double or [tripple|triple] house of two stories, one room
deep - each house consisting of two rooms on the
ground story both entered from the outside
and connected by a small door. In front
of the oblong house is a large court enclosed
by a high wall and entered, sometimes in
front but usually at the sides, through a vestibule
arched on the exterior and with a lintel
on the inside. A long colonnade in two stories
runs in the front of the house - at its ends the
courtyard wall is carried up two stories to