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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... built on the table - land above the hill , from whose side the fountain issues . The lofty walls which inclosed it , and the temples and palaces which adorned it , arose a landmark for the mariner . Seven descendants of its founder ...
... built on the table - land above the hill , from whose side the fountain issues . The lofty walls which inclosed it , and the temples and palaces which adorned it , arose a landmark for the mariner . Seven descendants of its founder ...
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... built of 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 ...
... built of 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 ...
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... built on a narrow tongue of sand . On the opposite side of this lake , the summits of the hills to the south - east of the town are covered with old tombs , many of which are rifled , but not a few still yield vases and stalactites of ...
... built on a narrow tongue of sand . On the opposite side of this lake , the summits of the hills to the south - east of the town are covered with old tombs , many of which are rifled , but not a few still yield vases and stalactites of ...
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... 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 of a conical hill , it commands an ...
... 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 of a conical hill , it commands an ...
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... built apparently to shut out the old Greek theatre , which lies beyond it ; the other opens on the street of Battus , and , in part , is bounded by a road running from this , round the base of the eastern hill . On this platform , which ...
... built apparently to shut out the old Greek theatre , which lies beyond it ; the other opens on the street of Battus , and , in part , is bounded by a road running from this , round the base of the eastern hill . On this platform , which ...
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