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... stone . Ebsambal peasants astonished at our success ; anticipate the convenience of the temple as a place of retreat from the Bedouins . Contract with Hassan for bread and meat . Take internal and external dimen- sions of the temple ...
... stone . Ebsambal peasants astonished at our success ; anticipate the convenience of the temple as a place of retreat from the Bedouins . Contract with Hassan for bread and meat . Take internal and external dimen- sions of the temple ...
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... stone quarries ; Roman and Greek commemorative in- scriptions and sculpture . Inspect the temple of Daboude , altogether unfinished , two handsome modelithe cases of red granite adorn the sanctuary . Hassan , the Philæ murderer ...
... stone quarries ; Roman and Greek commemorative in- scriptions and sculpture . Inspect the temple of Daboude , altogether unfinished , two handsome modelithe cases of red granite adorn the sanctuary . Hassan , the Philæ murderer ...
Page xxi
... stone . Pavement of the ancient road again perceivable . A sarcophagus on an eminence . A great number of Arab camps on our way . Arrive at Bysan , supposed the Bethshan of Scripture . Sacred memoranda thereof . Inspect the ruins of ...
... stone . Pavement of the ancient road again perceivable . A sarcophagus on an eminence . A great number of Arab camps on our way . Arrive at Bysan , supposed the Bethshan of Scripture . Sacred memoranda thereof . Inspect the ruins of ...
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... stone in an old mosque , with fragments of Roman sculpture . Village of Eugen , Roman tombs , and sar- cophagi . Extreme beauty of the country . The arbutus and other curious trees . Further traces of the Roman road . More Roman mile - ...
... stone in an old mosque , with fragments of Roman sculpture . Village of Eugen , Roman tombs , and sar- cophagi . Extreme beauty of the country . The arbutus and other curious trees . Further traces of the Roman road . More Roman mile - ...
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... . Proceed under the mountains . See quantities of rich porphory , and various beautiful stone . Collect specimens thereof . Reach the south end of the Dead Sea , and • its back - water . Pass the night in xxiv CONTENTS .
... . Proceed under the mountains . See quantities of rich porphory , and various beautiful stone . Collect specimens thereof . Reach the south end of the Dead Sea , and • its back - water . Pass the night in xxiv CONTENTS .
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