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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... Wady Liwa - Visit to Shuhba Causes of the Druze war and tyranny of Turkish rulers Ruins of theatre , temples , & c . Extinct crater Identification of site- - - Princes of Shehab Terraced Ruins of hills Mourning for the slain in battle ...
... Wady Liwa - Visit to Shuhba Causes of the Druze war and tyranny of Turkish rulers Ruins of theatre , temples , & c . Extinct crater Identification of site- - - Princes of Shehab Terraced Ruins of hills Mourning for the slain in battle ...
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... Wady Tarshīsh - ― The residence of the mountain princes Beyrout The ancient roads and sculptures of the Nahr el - Kelb The valley of the Nahr el - Kelb - Its sources visited The great natural bridge The temple of Venus at Apheca Source ...
... Wady Tarshīsh - ― The residence of the mountain princes Beyrout The ancient roads and sculptures of the Nahr el - Kelb The valley of the Nahr el - Kelb - Its sources visited The great natural bridge The temple of Venus at Apheca Source ...
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... Wady Kadīsha - The View from the summit of Lebanon - O Distant view of the cedars - Cedars eastern slopes - Baalbek - - - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludān . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE ...
... Wady Kadīsha - The View from the summit of Lebanon - O Distant view of the cedars - Cedars eastern slopes - Baalbek - - - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludān . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE ...
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... Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of ...
... Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and northward of this line is a soft , white , cretaceous limestone , abounding with fossils ; while the district southward and eastward , as far as I have travelled , is one unbroken field of ...
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... wady with some water lying in pools ; and on its southern side a little fountain . Near the fountain are a few Arab tombs , with rough headstones ; but this is all that marks the final resting - place of these sons of the desert ...
... wady with some water lying in pools ; and on its southern side a little fountain . Near the fountain are a few Arab tombs , with rough headstones ; but this is all that marks the final resting - place of these sons of the desert ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank basalt Bashan Batanęa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawīn 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 Haurān Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawāt Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmūd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mūsa 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