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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... Plain of Auranitis Tell Kuleib Visit to ' Ary - Druze hospitality - Errors in Burckhardt's The Kings of Ghussân - Approach to Bozrah - Ancient cities map - - - — - - Rhose of the Peutinger Tables identified - Plan and description of the ...
... Plain of Auranitis Tell Kuleib Visit to ' Ary - Druze hospitality - Errors in Burckhardt's The Kings of Ghussân - Approach to Bozrah - Ancient cities map - - - — - - Rhose of the Peutinger Tables identified - Plan and description of the ...
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... plain in a south - easterly direction , amid vast droves of camels . On each side of the road are exten- sive olive plantations , with intervening open fields of wheat and barley . After proceeding about a mile , the plain upon our ...
... plain in a south - easterly direction , amid vast droves of camels . On each side of the road are exten- sive olive plantations , with intervening open fields of wheat and barley . After proceeding about a mile , the plain upon our ...
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... plain . At this place we had expected the caravan to form in regular order ; but we observed each company as it came up passing on across the plain . We dismounted to await the arrival of Aiyûb and his camels . Observing a respectably ...
... plain . At this place we had expected the caravan to form in regular order ; but we observed each company as it came up passing on across the plain . We dismounted to await the arrival of Aiyûb and his camels . Observing a respectably ...
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... plain shut it out from our view . On ascending the rising ground we looked again for it , but it was nowhere to be seen : we examined if any unevenness of the ground could still hide it ; but no ! it had vanished ! The whole had been an ...
... plain shut it out from our view . On ascending the rising ground we looked again for it , but it was nowhere to be seen : we examined if any unevenness of the ground could still hide it ; but no ! it had vanished ! The whole had been an ...
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... plain , being constructed wholly of black stones instead of sun - dried bricks . The situation is fine , -a rich plain , watered by the ' Awaj , extends away to the east , but the total absence of trees , orchards , and gardens shows ...
... plain , being constructed wholly of black stones instead of sun - dried bricks . The situation is fine , -a rich plain , watered by the ' Awaj , extends away to the east , but the total absence of trees , orchards , and gardens shows ...
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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