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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... present and the prim- eval languages . Names of places are thus , in many instances , preserved in their original form , or in some such form as tends to suggest the original . The lists of villages , ruined cities , and towns collected ...
... present and the prim- eval languages . Names of places are thus , in many instances , preserved in their original form , or in some such form as tends to suggest the original . The lists of villages , ruined cities , and towns collected ...
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... presents the appearance of having , at no very remote period , been under cultivation . The borders of the Lejah were now clearly defined as a rocky shore , and we could distinguish several large villages and towns built among the rocks ...
... presents the appearance of having , at no very remote period , been under cultivation . The borders of the Lejah were now clearly defined as a rocky shore , and we could distinguish several large villages and towns built among the rocks ...
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... present day , it has formed the asylum of a race of robbers . Soon after emerging from the defiles , in which our way had been impeded by the multitudes of camels and donkeys crowded together , we descended into wady Liwa , and crossed ...
... present day , it has formed the asylum of a race of robbers . Soon after emerging from the defiles , in which our way had been impeded by the multitudes of camels and donkeys crowded together , we descended into wady Liwa , and crossed ...
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... present the same general features , being built of black basalt ; the houses are low , and the walls of great thickness and strength . In every village are several square towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient ...
... present the same general features , being built of black basalt ; the houses are low , and the walls of great thickness and strength . In every village are several square towers from thirty to forty feet high , resembling ancient ...
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... present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burâk , and so also are the doors ; but I ...
... present inhabitants have selected the most convenient and comfortable chambers , and in these have settled down without alterations or additions . The roofs are all of stone , like those of Burâk , and so also are the doors ; but I ...
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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