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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... Wady Liwa - - Stone 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 ...
... Wady Liwa - - Stone 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 ...
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... Wady Tarshish 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 Source of the river ...
... Wady Tarshish 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 Source of the river ...
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... Wady Kadîsha summit of Lebanon - --- The - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludân . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE NORTHERN END OF ANTILIBANUS . - - - - - Ride over Antilibanus from Saidnâya to ...
... Wady Kadîsha summit of Lebanon - --- The - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludân . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE NORTHERN END OF ANTILIBANUS . - - - - - Ride over Antilibanus from Saidnâya to ...
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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 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