It will be remembered by the reader, that in the Sepulchral Chamber at Copan, an Engraved Gem was found,--"_a small death's-head_ (skull) CARVED _in fine green stone_." The antiquity of this style of engraving has been shewn in alluding to Aaron's "breastplate of judgment,"--but, we will now prove that another _Tyrian_ analogy is found in the carved Gem of Copan,--That the _Tyrians_ were engravers of Gem-stones is established upon the authority of Scriptural history,--and from that Sacred Volume it is, also, proved, that the _Tyrians_ were the builders of Solomon's Temple.--This will be enlarged upon in the history of Tyrus.--Solomon wrote to Hiram for a superior artist, in addition to the general workmen, "to work in gold, and in silver, &c.--_and that can skill to grave_,"--the Hebrew text is, "to grave gravings,"--or in modern phrase--to _engrave_,--_i. e._ cut, or carve metal or stones. The King of Tyrus answered,-- "And now I have sent a cunning (_i. e._ skilful) man; [of the same name as the King, _i. e._ Hiram] * * * "skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, _in stone_;--also, _to grave any manner of graving_." [2 Chron. ii. 13, 14.] That Solomon availed himself of the skill of this Artist in Gem-engraving is proved by the following verse: "And he garnished the house [_i. e._ Temple] with _precious stones_ for beauty." [_i. e._ of workmanship.] [2 Chron. iii. 6.] We shall conclude this Section with an analogy that may appear strange to the general reader, but it is no less true than original, and from which, Identity is apparent. The Wisdom of Solomon (and inferentially his people also) did not embrace the practical Sciences of Architecture, Sculpture, or Navigation. He was compelled to apply for all these to the _Tyrian_ Monarch. Solomon's wisdom was of the philosophy of _Nature_, and not _in the defined Arts or Sciences_.--This is shewn in the first Book of Kings [ch. iv. 32, 33.] "And he (Solomon) spake three thousand _Proverbs_, and his _Songs_ were a thousand and five. And he spake of _trees_,--from the _cedar tree_ that is in Lebanon, even unto the _hyssop_ that springeth out of the wall: he spake also, of _beasts_,--and of _fowl_,--and of _creeping things_,--and of _fishes_." Five centuries before Solomon,--the Hebrew artists,--Bezaleel and Aholiab,--were called by The ALMIGHTY, and presented to Moses for a special purpose. [_Vide_ Exodus xxxv. 30--35.] The _Tyrians_ were the Architects and Sculptors of the Temple of Solomon, and in the description of that Edifice it will be found that the _square_,--or four-sided,--columns and bases prevailed, to the exclusion of the circular,--even the _door-posts of the Temple_ were _square_:--the same are seen at Palenque! "So also made he for the door of the Temple posts of olive trees,--_a fourth part_ of the wall,"--[1 Kings vi. 33]--defined to be--"four-square."