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Pulpit of the tomb-mosque of Barkûk. Presented by the Kaït Bay. It is carved of hard limestone, and is one of the most beautiful existing specimens of Arabian sculpture.

Yabneh, the ancient Jabneh. Called also Jabneel, and by the Greeks Jamnia. It is a large village, four miles from the seashore, surrounded by orchards. Its mosque was once a Christian church. Its port, once the rival of Joppa, has now almost entirely disappeared.

Tomb of a Muslim saint at Minyeh. Shaded by an ancient sycamore-tree. It is on the north side of the town, near to the spot where boats are generally moored.

Arabesques : mosquée de Qaouâm el-Dyn : frises et rosace en marbre (XVIIIe. siècle)

Arabesques : mosquée de Qeyçoun, décoration des fenêtres à l'intérieur (XIVe. siècle)

Arabesques : mosquée d'Ibrahym Agha : pseudo-mihrab en faïence (XVIe. siècle)

Arabesques : mosquée de Qaouâm el-Dyn (dallage en marbre blanc)

Abu Roasch [Abû Rawwâsh Site]: Pyramiden auf der Höhe von Osten; Pyramiden auf der Höhe von Westen.

The large stone in the quarry, Ba'albek called the Hajr el Hûbla. It is sixty-eight feet four inches in length. On the under side it is cut away all round, remaining attached to the bed of the rock in the middle along its entire length.

An Arab shrine, south-west of Ba'albek. Called Kubbet Dûris, after the neighbouring village of Dûris; it is a modern structure formed of eight ancient granite columns clumsily set up and surmounted by a heavy architrave. An enormous sarcophagus, standing on end, serves as the mihrab, or Muslim prayer niche.

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1881 - 1883
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Wilson, Charles William, Sir (1836-1905), Author
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New York
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The temple at Deir el 'Ashâir. It stands on a platform of massive masonry, one hundred and twenty-six feet long by sixty-nine feet wide, and about twenty feet high on the eastern side, which faces Mount Hermon. The village is inhabited by a few families of Druses and Christians.

[Salt Lake City, south-west from Arsenal Hill.]

Quarrying granite for Mormon Temple.19th century US expeditions surveys.

A Shrine - Early photography, Public domain image

End view of Dining Hall, Silver Spring.

Island of Philae, looking down the Nile., The Holy land, Syria...

Wady-el-Jib, a characteristic example of a valley in the favoured territory of Ephraim. The olive-trees, shading the ancient foot-paths, proclaim that a village is near.

Die Einsiedler. - Public domain scenic engraving

Interior court of Medinet Haboo, Thebes

View from upper Beth-Horon, looking westward, to the Mediterranean Sea, at sunset

Rovine d'oxirincus a Benécé ; Veduta di Benécé.

A Shrine - Early photography, Public domain image

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goatherds middle east shrines prints illustrations dorot jewish division picturesque palestine sinai and egypt kubbet duris muslim prayer niche arab shrine duris granite columns ultra high resolution high resolution wood engravings arab shrine south west albek kubbet village structure granite columns architrave sarcophagus end mihrab muslim prayer niche palestine sinai egypt 19th century history of egypt new york public library