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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... Inscriptions.- Terraces.- Temple of Escula- pius . - Aqueduct . - Cyrene's History unknown . - Its Ruinous state · CHAPTER IV . 33 Interview with the Bey . - Arab Feast . - The Bey's Hospitality 55 CHAPTER V. Meditations at Sunrise ...
... Inscriptions.- Terraces.- Temple of Escula- pius . - Aqueduct . - Cyrene's History unknown . - Its Ruinous state · CHAPTER IV . 33 Interview with the Bey . - Arab Feast . - The Bey's Hospitality 55 CHAPTER V. Meditations at Sunrise ...
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... inscriptions of which Della Cella speaks , and am inclined to think he mistook for characters the effect of the weather on the worn surface of the stones . The Arabs of the neigh- bourhood ( they are Anaghir ) bury their dead round the ...
... inscriptions of which Della Cella speaks , and am inclined to think he mistook for characters the effect of the weather on the worn surface of the stones . The Arabs of the neigh- bourhood ( they are Anaghir ) bury their dead round the ...
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... Inscriptions . - Terraces . - Temple of Esculapius . — Aque- duct . - Cyrene's History unknown . - Its Ruinous state . My first day in Grennah was entirely occupied in the very matter of fact , but not less necessary , employment of ...
... Inscriptions . - Terraces . - Temple of Esculapius . — Aque- duct . - Cyrene's History unknown . - Its Ruinous state . My first day in Grennah was entirely occupied in the very matter of fact , but not less necessary , employment of ...
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... inscription , beautifully cut , re- cording a restoration of the fountain , which , from its position , as well as its clear , simple characters , may well be of earlier date than the first century , which is gene- rally assigned to it ...
... inscription , beautifully cut , re- cording a restoration of the fountain , which , from its position , as well as its clear , simple characters , may well be of earlier date than the first century , which is gene- rally assigned to it ...
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... inscriptions . No building in the agora seems to have equalled this in size ; and I believe that all my predecessors agree in considering it to be the Temple of Apollo . To the left of this building , be- hind , and almost touching it ...
... inscriptions . No building in the agora seems to have equalled this in size ; and I believe that all my predecessors agree in considering it to be the Temple of Apollo . To the left of this building , be- hind , and almost touching it ...
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