Tomb of Eleazar, under an ancient terebinth-tree, on an eminence to the west of the village of 'Awertah (Gibeah Phinehas). Water-carriers filling a water-jar for the use of visitors to the shrine.

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Tomb of Phinehas, on the eastern side of the village of 'Awertah, the ancient Gibeah Phinehas

Beitîn, the ancient Bethel. To the north-west, in the highest part of the village, are the ruins of a tower with ancient substructions

The Valley of Hinnom. Ancient tombs on the left and terraces planted with olive-trees on the right

View from the ruins of the mediæval fortress at Latrôn; Valley of Ajalon from the west.

The Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth, on the eastern side of the town. A Bedouin sheikh with his attendant in the foreground carrying long tufted spears. Women filling water-jars and cleansing their garments by soaking and beating them with strong bats made of wood.

Bust of Statue for the Antietam Monument, at R.I. Granite Works, with Bust of Sculptor, Westerly.

Ruins on the west side of Athlît. The fortress was built by the Templars in the year 1218 and was the last place held by the crusaders in Palestine. It was taken by the Sultan Melek el Ashrâf el Khalîl after his conquest of Acre in 1291.

Aethiopen. Naga [Naqa]. Tempel a. Aeusssere Nordwand, westlicher Theil.

Site of the temple of Diana at Ephesus, explored by the late Mr. J. T. Wood

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Tomb of Phinehas, on the eastern side of the village of 'Awertah, the ancient Gibeah Phinehas

Beitîn, the ancient Bethel. To the north-west, in the highest part of the village, are the ruins of a tower with ancient substructions

The Valley of Hinnom. Ancient tombs on the left and terraces planted with olive-trees on the right

View from the ruins of the mediæval fortress at Latrôn; Valley of Ajalon from the west.

The Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth, on the eastern side of the town. A Bedouin sheikh with his attendant in the foreground carrying long tufted spears. Women filling water-jars and cleansing their garments by soaking and beating them with strong bats made of wood.

Bust of Statue for the Antietam Monument, at R.I. Granite Works, with Bust of Sculptor, Westerly.

Ruins on the west side of Athlît. The fortress was built by the Templars in the year 1218 and was the last place held by the crusaders in Palestine. It was taken by the Sultan Melek el Ashrâf el Khalîl after his conquest of Acre in 1291.

Aethiopen. Naga [Naqa]. Tempel a. Aeusssere Nordwand, westlicher Theil.

Site of the temple of Diana at Ephesus, explored by the late Mr. J. T. Wood

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In the shoe bazaar. This was formerly a school, an interesting building now in a very dilapadated condition. The gateway, however, is still preserved.

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.

A Shrine - Early photography, Public domain image

[Visitors at the Flume in winter, 1880.]

The rocks at Sarâbít el Khâdim ; and the temple enclosure. There are two temples, of different dates. The one not shown here is formed of two chambers excavated in the rock, having a walled continuation in front.

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.

Visitors at the Flume, 1875. New Hampshire in 19th century. Stereoscope card.

Visitors at the Flume, 1880. New Hampshire in 19th century. Stereoscope card.

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

A Shrine - Early photography, Public domain image

The large plane-tree, Damascus. It is nearly forty feet in circumference. A peasant and his plough are resting against it, and in its shade a carperter is working, steadying his bow saw with his naked foot.

The tower of David, The Holy land, Syria...

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