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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... stones , ostrich feathers , and slaves -the same products which the triennial caravan from Waday , at the present day , brings to Benghazi . Judg- ing , however , from the accounts of the ancients , from the remains of the splendid ...
... stones , ostrich feathers , and slaves -the same products which the triennial caravan from Waday , at the present day , brings to Benghazi . Judg- ing , however , from the accounts of the ancients , from the remains of the splendid ...
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... stones were both carried to great perfection by the Cyrenæans . Of their skill in painting and sculpture few evidences have reached us . It was in the liberal arts that they especially shone ; and a long list might be produced of men of ...
... stones were both carried to great perfection by the Cyrenæans . Of their skill in painting and sculpture few evidences have reached us . It was in the liberal arts that they especially shone ; and a long list might be produced of men of ...
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... stone , badly cemented with crumbling lime ; but in the whole town not more than a dozen have the convenience of a room raised above the ground - floor ( ghorfa ) . They are built round an oblong court , with no attempt at archi ...
... stone , badly cemented with crumbling lime ; but in the whole town not more than a dozen have the convenience of a room raised above the ground - floor ( ghorfa ) . They are built round an oblong court , with no attempt at archi ...
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... stones , generally of mud ; and the flat roofs , formed with the undressed trunks of the juniper trees , laid side by side across the walls , covered with mats and plaster , are not impervious to the winter rains . This is no ...
... stones , generally of mud ; and the flat roofs , formed with the undressed trunks of the juniper trees , laid side by side across the walls , covered with mats and plaster , are not impervious to the winter rains . This is no ...
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... stone scattered along the sea - shore , foundations of ancient 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 ...
... stone scattered along the sea - shore , foundations of ancient 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 ...
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