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 2Murray, 1855 - 372 pages |
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Page 25
... appears probable from the fact that the name of the month in the inscription is Macedonian , then this inscription is of great antiquity , the date corresponding to B.C. 304.2 The walls and floor of the chamber were so damp that we ...
... appears probable from the fact that the name of the month in the inscription is Macedonian , then this inscription is of great antiquity , the date corresponding to B.C. 304.2 The walls and floor of the chamber were so damp that we ...
Page 31
... appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa . Here , as elsewhere , it has an eleva- tion above the level of the surrounding plain of from ...
... appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa . Here , as elsewhere , it has an eleva- tion above the level of the surrounding plain of from ...
Page 42
... appear to be inherent in the Druze people . We were afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs ...
... appear to be inherent in the Druze people . We were afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs ...
Page 47
... assumed the gloomy hue of the clouded heavens , may form some idea of the appear- ance of the Lejah as seen from this place . Its eastern border is very clearly defined along the side of the СНАР . ХІ . NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAURAN .
... assumed the gloomy hue of the clouded heavens , may form some idea of the appear- ance of the Lejah as seen from this place . Its eastern border is very clearly defined along the side of the СНАР . ХІ . NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAURAN .
Page 50
... Οι ΙΕΙΣΚΛΕΟΣΑ ΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΛΑ // MANMC Of the inscriptions copied by Burckhardt , one appears to have the date 14 of the Bostrian era , which would be K equivalent to A.D. 120 ; and on another is 50 CHAP . XI . THE NORTHERN SECTION.
... Οι ΙΕΙΣΚΛΕΟΣΑ ΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΛΑ // MANMC Of the inscriptions copied by Burckhardt , one appears to have the date 14 of the Bostrian era , which would be K equivalent to A.D. 120 ; and on another is 50 CHAP . XI . THE NORTHERN SECTION.
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn beside border Bostra Bozrah building Burâk Burckhardt Busrah called Canatha castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druzes east eastern eastward Edhr'a Edom Edrei erected extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour heaps Hebrân hills Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd Manasseh miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rocky rode Roman round rugged ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh sheikh's house Shuhba side slope soil southern spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts