Five Years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran, Volume 2John Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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... importance . Some deficiencies in these lists , so far as they refer to the pro- vinces at present under consideration , I have been enabled to fill up from other sources ; and I am glad to learn that we may soon expect a complete list ...
... importance . Some deficiencies in these lists , so far as they refer to the pro- vinces at present under consideration , I have been enabled to fill up from other sources ; and I am glad to learn that we may soon expect a complete list ...
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... and Merjâny . His account corresponds with that given above . He copied two Greek inscriptions among the ruins ; they are not , however , of any historical importance , being simple me- 24 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... and Merjâny . His account corresponds with that given above . He copied two Greek inscriptions among the ruins ; they are not , however , of any historical importance , being simple me- 24 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
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... importance , being simple me- morials of the time at which certain men , whose names are recorded , completed monuments erected to some friend or kinsman . One of them has the following date : Erous * Περιτιου Ι . " In the year 8 , and ...
... importance , being simple me- morials of the time at which certain men , whose names are recorded , completed monuments erected to some friend or kinsman . One of them has the following date : Erous * Περιτιου Ι . " In the year 8 , and ...
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... importance . I estimated that about one - half of the houses in this village still remain perfect , or nearly so , and quite habitable ; but not more than a fourth of these were occupied at the time of my visit . On returning to the ...
... importance . I estimated that about one - half of the houses in this village still remain perfect , or nearly so , and quite habitable ; but not more than a fourth of these were occupied at the time of my visit . On returning to the ...
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... important of these I afterwards had an oppor- tunity of taking with my large compass . While I was thus engaged Mr. Barnett was busy in search of in- scriptions ; and on finishing my observations I joined him , and we made a hasty ...
... important of these I afterwards had an oppor- tunity of taking with my large compass . While I was thus engaged Mr. Barnett was busy in search of in- scriptions ; and on finishing my observations I joined him , and we made a hasty ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian church columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edom Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History horses houses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Plates Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side sketch slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad