Travels in Palestine: Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan, Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala in the Decapolis, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... edifice , and the Picine , or place where the victims were sacrificed , still existed , on the walls of which the Jews wrote their names when they visited it . Bergeron's Collection . framed differently by the professors of every ...
... edifice , and the Picine , or place where the victims were sacrificed , still existed , on the walls of which the Jews wrote their names when they visited it . Bergeron's Collection . framed differently by the professors of every ...
Page 119
... edifice ; but as it would no doubt have col- lected all the people of the town about us , it was necessary to make this sacrifice of our wishes to secure our passing in tranquillity , The architecture of this citadel presented no ...
... edifice ; but as it would no doubt have col- lected all the people of the town about us , it was necessary to make this sacrifice of our wishes to secure our passing in tranquillity , The architecture of this citadel presented no ...
Page 130
... edifice was itself a vestige of the old city of refuge , within the enclosure of which the man - slayer was safe from the vengeance of his pursuers , or the remains of any more modern building . * What ancient city the ruins of Jejaz ...
... edifice was itself a vestige of the old city of refuge , within the enclosure of which the man - slayer was safe from the vengeance of his pursuers , or the remains of any more modern building . * What ancient city the ruins of Jejaz ...
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... edifice now destroyed . Beyond this we came to a square , formed by the first intersection of this principal street by one crossing it at right angles , and like it too apparently once lined on both sides by an avenue of columns . At ...
... edifice now destroyed . Beyond this we came to a square , formed by the first intersection of this principal street by one crossing it at right angles , and like it too apparently once lined on both sides by an avenue of columns . At ...
Page 149
... edifice appa- rently of the Roman age . There are also remains of two small square towers , apparently of Saracenic work , the masonry being good , and there being loop - holes for arrows in the walls . The town of Soof contains from ...
... edifice appa- rently of the Roman age . There are also remains of two small square towers , apparently of Saracenic work , the masonry being good , and there being loop - holes for arrows in the walls . The town of Soof contains from ...
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