Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land: Including a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and Through the Country East of the JordanJohn Murray, 1845 - 150 pages |
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Abou Raschid Abou-Simbel Aleppo amongst ancient appearance Arabs arches armed arrived Baalbec backsheeish Bankes beautiful Benesuckhers boat bread Cairo called camels camp cashiefs centre chamber colour columns crew crossed Damascus Daoud Dead Sea Derry desert distance Djerash door edifice Egypt Egyptian excavated feet figures foot four front Greek half Halleel Hamah Hassan Hebron height Heshbon hills horses inclosed inscription janissary Jerusalem Jordan journey Kerek khan Lady Hester Stanhope Lebanon Mahommed miles morning Mount Mount Hor mountains Narsah natives night Nile Nubia observed ornamented Osiris Palmyra party pasha passed peristyle Petra piastres plain portico present ravine reached remains river road rock Roman ruins salt sand seen sent sepulchral Sheikh Shobek side situated stone Syria Szalt temple tent Tiberias tion told tombs took town travellers trees Turkish valley village Wady Mousa wall whole