 Riippel remarks, must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up, perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone nearly four hundred feet high, and about twenty-five minutes' walk in circuit. The unusual shape of this eminence...  The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered - Page 413by John Wilson - 1856 - 961 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Long - 1832 - 446 pages
...entrance, and once probably formed part of an avenue like those leading to the temple of Ammon at Thebes. " The peculiar form of Mount Barkal," says Ruppel *,...fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone near 400 feet high, and about 25 minutes... | |
 | George Long - 1832 - 442 pages
...those leading to the temple of Ammon at Thebes. " The peculiar form of Mount Barkal," says Riippel*, " must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone near 400 feet high, and about 25 minutes... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 342 pages
...of the noblest buildings ever erected."* The peculiar form of Gebel el Berkal, as Riippel remarks, must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up, perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone nearly four hundred feet high, and about... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 456 pages
...one of the noblest buildings ever erected."* The peculiar form of Gebel el Berkal, as Ruppel remarks, must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up, perpendicularly * Journal of a Visit to some Farts of Ethiopia, p. 164. on all sides, a mass... | |
 | 1837 - 348 pages
...of the noblest buildings ever erected."* The peculiar form of Gebel el Berkal, as Riippel remarks, must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up, perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone nearly four hundred feet high, and about... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1842 - 342 pages
...of the noblest buildings ever erected."* , The peculiar form of Gebel el Berkal, as Riippel remarks, must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up, perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone nearly four hundred feet high, and about... | |
 | George Long - 1846 - 450 pages
...those leading to the temple of Ammon at Thebes. " The peculiar form of Mount Barkal," says Riippel *, " must have fixed attention in all ages. From the wide plain there rises up perpendicularly on all sides, a mass of sandstone near 400 feet high, and about 25 minutes... | |
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