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LEFT: The Temple of Jupiter Serapis at Puzzuoli, near Naples, Italy. This illustration is taken from the frontispiece illustration of Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830 edition). The temple, built by the Romans, was partly buried beneath the sea during historic times and has since been uplifted once again. A portion of each column shows the effects of the rock-boring clam, Lithodomus, whereas the bottom few meters was buried beneath the sea bottom and thus escaped the actin of these clams. Lyell used this picture to demonstrate that geologic processes at work in the modern world could have significant effects over time." [from Minkoff 1969]

RIGHT: The Temple under water.