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TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-06-09. RISING SUN EMBLEM ON STONE PLAQUE SET IN THE EMBANKMENT WELL ON THE HEADLAND SOUTH OF DOG RIVER ON THE BEIRUT TRIPOLI SECTION OF THE HAIFA TRIPOLI LINK IN THE CAIRO LONDON RAIL PROJECT. THE PLAQUE IS ONE OF A NUMBER SET IN THE WALLS OF EMBANKMENTS AND MAJOR BRIDGES CONSTRUCTED BY NO. 2 AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE SECTION OF THE RAILROAD LAID BY THAT UNIT. THE SCULPTURE IS THE WORK OF LEBANESE STONEMASONS, WHO, WITH A MARONITE MONK BROTHER NA'AMTHALLAH FROM A NEARBY MONASTERY, WERE COMMISSIONED TO FASHION THE PLAQUES.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-06-09. CLOSE-UP OF THE CARVING ON A STONE PLAQUE EXECUTED BY A MONK FROM A MARONITE MONESTERY IN THE SYRIAN HILLS AND TWO LEBANESE STONEMASONS. THESE MEN WERE COMMISSIONED TO FASH
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-06-09. A STUDY OF BROTHER NA'AMTHALLAH, A MARONITE MONK FROM A MONASTERY IN THE SYRIAN HILLS. BORN IN THE LEBANON, HE STUDIED SCULPTURE IN BRUSSELS AND PARIS FOR 2 1/2 YEARS BEFOR
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-06-09. A MARONITE MONK, BROTHER NA'AMTHALLAH, FROM A MONASTERY NEAR THE HEADQUARTERS OF NO. 2 AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AT WORK ON THE CARVING OF A RISING SUN ON A S
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-06-09. BROTHER NA'AMTHALLAH, A MARONITE MONK FROM A MONASTERY IN THE HILLS ABOVE BYBLOS, HEADQUARTERS OF NO. 2 AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, CARVING A RISING SUN ON A S
JOUNEE, LEBANON. 1942-12-19. BRIDGE NEAR JOUNEE SHOWING RISING SUN PLAQUE CARVED BY BROTHER NA'AMTHALLAH, OF MAAMELTEIN, AND OTHER LEBANESE MONKS. THE BRIDGE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY
MAAMELTEIN, LEBANON. 1942-12-19. ROAD CULVERT NEAR MAAMELTEIN BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE GROUP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY LINE FROM BEIRUT TO TRIPOLI FOR
