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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... doors Interest- Position - Errors in map of Berghaus Visit to Shuhba Causes of the Druze war -- 1 and tyranny of Turkish rulers Ruins of theatre , temples , & c . Extinct crater Identification of site - - hills Mourning for the slain in ...
... doors Interest- Position - Errors in map of Berghaus Visit to Shuhba Causes of the Druze war -- 1 and tyranny of Turkish rulers Ruins of theatre , temples , & c . Extinct crater Identification of site - - hills Mourning for the slain in ...
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... Door 23 · Ploughman with goad 35 Coffee - service • · 41 Ruined Temple at Kunawât Plan of Kunawât • Plan of Theatre at Kunawât Head of Ashtoreth Plan of Peripteral Temple at Kunawât Ruins of Busrah 46 to face p . 90 97 106 109 · 116 ...
... Door 23 · Ploughman with goad 35 Coffee - service • · 41 Ruined Temple at Kunawât Plan of Kunawât • Plan of Theatre at Kunawât Head of Ashtoreth Plan of Peripteral Temple at Kunawât Ruins of Busrah 46 to face p . 90 97 106 109 · 116 ...
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... unshaken ; and the long slabs of black basalt that formed the ceiling lay as regularly , and fitted as closely , as when the architect had completed his labour ; and the very door hung in СНАР . Х. 21 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... unshaken ; and the long slabs of black basalt that formed the ceiling lay as regularly , and fitted as closely , as when the architect had completed his labour ; and the very door hung in СНАР . Х. 21 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
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... door hung in its place uninjured by the lapse of many centuries . This would not seem so strange in a land of peace and civilisation , where antiquities are preserved with a species of religious care , but in this country , where all is ...
... door hung in its place uninjured by the lapse of many centuries . This would not seem so strange in a land of peace and civilisation , where antiquities are preserved with a species of religious care , but in this country , where all is ...
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... Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight of stone stairs ; it was a spacious hall , equal in ...
... Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight of stone stairs ; it was a spacious hall , equal in ...
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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