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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... Tower - tombs Druze revenge ― - Ruins of ' Atîl Singular monument Description of Suweideh and its extensive ruins Greek inscriptions and dates - Sheikh Wâked el - Hamdân , the Druze chief- An evening party — History of Suweideh- Plain ...
... Tower - tombs Druze revenge ― - Ruins of ' Atîl Singular monument Description of Suweideh and its extensive ruins Greek inscriptions and dates - Sheikh Wâked el - Hamdân , the Druze chief- An evening party — History of Suweideh- Plain ...
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... towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient belfreys . At 6 · 15 we crossed the rocky bed of a winter torrent coming into the Liwa from the east , apparently from the neighbourhood of Tell Khaledîyeh . Here on our right ...
... towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient belfreys . At 6 · 15 we crossed the rocky bed of a winter torrent coming into the Liwa from the east , apparently from the neighbourhood of Tell Khaledîyeh . Here on our right ...
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... towers like belfries , but the buildings to which they are attached have nothing about them of the nature of ecclesiastical edifices . There is one tower of much superior workmanship to the rest , though of the same dimensions and plan ...
... towers like belfries , but the buildings to which they are attached have nothing about them of the nature of ecclesiastical edifices . There is one tower of much superior workmanship to the rest , though of the same dimensions and plan ...
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... tower some forty feet in height beside the entrance . The spacious gateway was shut by massive folding - doors of stone ; but we threw them open with ease , and entered a large flagged court - yard , in part covered with ruins . Around ...
... tower some forty feet in height beside the entrance . The spacious gateway was shut by massive folding - doors of stone ; but we threw them open with ease , and entered a large flagged court - yard , in part covered with ruins . Around ...
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... unknown , yet these man- sions remain as their only memorials . I soon discovered my companions assembled at the foot of a lofty tower , looking up at a tempting inscription beside one of the СНАР . ХІ . 55 OF JEBEL HAURAN .
... unknown , yet these man- sions remain as their only memorials . I soon discovered my companions assembled at the foot of a lofty tower , looking up at a tempting inscription beside one of the СНАР . ХІ . 55 OF JEBEL HAURAN .
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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