Eastern Life: Present and Past, Volume 2Lea and Blanchard, 1848 - 523 pages |
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Abdallatif Akaba Alee Amun ancient appears Arabs Baalbec baksheesh Batroun beautiful believe boat Cairo called camel caves chamber Christian course Damascus dead declared Desert dragoman edifices Egypt extra cloth eyes face faith feet gentlemen gods Greek hand hareem Hebrews height Heliopolis Herodotus hills Holy human ideas inhabitants interest Jehovah Jerusalem Jews king ladies land learned light living looked Manetho miles mind Mohammedan morning Moses Mount mountains never Nile Nilometer Nubia octavo old Egyptian Osiris Palestine palms party Pasha passed Petra piastres pillars plain present priests Ptolemies Pyramids Ramases ride river rock round ruins sacred Samaria sand scene sculptures seems seen Sheikh shore side sight Sinai spot stones supposed Syria temple tents Thebes things thought told tombs travelers valley village volume Wadee walk walls whole wind wonder worship
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