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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... columns , and in many places the cement still adheres to the walls . There being no well in this neighbourhood , it was constructed to collect the rain - water from the hill at whose base it lies ; its presence denotes , I presume , the ...
... columns , and in many places the cement still adheres to the walls . There being no well in this neighbourhood , it was constructed to collect the rain - water from the hill at whose base it lies ; its presence denotes , I presume , the ...
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... columns . I found one occupied by Arab ladies , who did not welcome my * At all the wells many Arabs were to be seen ; and occasionally horsemen were met with , but generally two or three together ; for though the country is now ...
... columns . I found one occupied by Arab ladies , who did not welcome my * At all the wells many Arabs were to be seen ; and occasionally horsemen were met with , but generally two or three together ; for though the country is now ...
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... columns , the headless statue of a sitting female figure , and some fragments of 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 ...
... columns , the headless statue of a sitting female figure , and some fragments of 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 ...
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... columns of Cipollino and a coarse white marble . To the right , the buildings advance to the edge of the platform , while in front of the fountain , and to the left , there is a wide space between the large masses of ruin and the well ...
... columns of Cipollino and a coarse white marble . To the right , the buildings advance to the edge of the platform , while in front of the fountain , and to the left , there is a wide space between the large masses of ruin and the well ...
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... columns in white marble , and their capitals , whose execution is more pure and careful than that of any other fragments to be found in the ruins . In Beechey's plan this is noted as a temple , and though , at first , I was inclined to ...
... columns in white marble , and their capitals , whose execution is more pure and careful than that of any other fragments to be found in the ruins . In Beechey's plan this is noted as a temple , and though , at first , I was inclined to ...
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