Wanderings in North AfricaJ. Murray, 1856 - 320 Seiten Description of a journey from Bengazi through Barca and the Libyan Desert to Cairo. |
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... , No. 1 . · 68 WALL PAINTINGS IN A ROCK TOMB IN THE NECROPOLIS AT CYRENE , No. 2 • TOMBS OVER EXCAVATED CAVES REMAINS OF IONIC BUILDING AT PTOLEMAIS . 69 • 75 144 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
... , No. 1 . · 68 WALL PAINTINGS IN A ROCK TOMB IN THE NECROPOLIS AT CYRENE , No. 2 • TOMBS OVER EXCAVATED CAVES REMAINS OF IONIC BUILDING AT PTOLEMAIS . 69 • 75 144 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
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... building , flanked with round towers , standing on the sea - shore , and conspicuous only from its whiteness - are the first objects which strike the eye . The town itself is not seen until the traveller is close to it ; it looks like a ...
... building , flanked with round towers , standing on the sea - shore , and conspicuous only from its whiteness - are the first objects which strike the eye . The town itself is not seen until the traveller is close to it ; it looks like a ...
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... buildings in the sea , between the reef , which probably formed the old mole , and the shore , with a flight of steps at the extremity of the former . The shore has sunk con- siderably in this part of the coast , as the foundations of ...
... buildings in the sea , between the reef , which probably formed the old mole , and the shore , with a flight of steps at the extremity of the former . The shore has sunk con- siderably in this part of the coast , as the foundations of ...
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... build- ing , with towers at the corners , built of oblong blocks of wrought stone , of which , in some parts , several courses still exist , devoid of ornament ; it may belong to Roman , or still earlier times . Placed on the sum- mit ...
... build- ing , with towers at the corners , built of oblong blocks of wrought stone , of which , in some parts , several courses still exist , devoid of ornament ; it may belong to Roman , or still earlier times . Placed on the sum- mit ...
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... and fixed my temporary home beneath the world - famed fountain , amidst the countless ruins of temples and public buildings . CHAPTER III . Grennah . - Arab Conversation . - 32 Chap . II . WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA .
... and fixed my temporary home beneath the world - famed fountain , amidst the countless ruins of temples and public buildings . CHAPTER III . Grennah . - Arab Conversation . - 32 Chap . II . WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA .
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