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... natural bulwarks , the towering ranges of the Libyan and Arabian mountains . First in order , we come to the ruins of the great Palace of Luxor , quite close to the riverside , from whence an avenue of ram - headed sphinxes , now sadly ...
... natural bulwarks , the towering ranges of the Libyan and Arabian mountains . First in order , we come to the ruins of the great Palace of Luxor , quite close to the riverside , from whence an avenue of ram - headed sphinxes , now sadly ...
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... Naturally we were strongly sceptical on this point ; but it was mere chaff , ' for there is no doubt that the veritable cross only is seen above the horizon , where we lay , for a short period in the small hours of the morning . Edfou ...
... Naturally we were strongly sceptical on this point ; but it was mere chaff , ' for there is no doubt that the veritable cross only is seen above the horizon , where we lay , for a short period in the small hours of the morning . Edfou ...
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... natural amphitheatre , surrounded by great mountains of every variety of outline and colour . Next day was Sunday , so we did not travel on that day - a resolution to which we adhered throughout our tour , and which our Arab escort duly ...
... natural amphitheatre , surrounded by great mountains of every variety of outline and colour . Next day was Sunday , so we did not travel on that day - a resolution to which we adhered throughout our tour , and which our Arab escort duly ...
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... natural features . From Suez at one end of the Red Sea , to the far - off mountains near the Gulf of Akabah , the mighty map lay unrolled at our feet . We surveyed the entire route of the vast host of Israel along the yellow sandy plain ...
... natural features . From Suez at one end of the Red Sea , to the far - off mountains near the Gulf of Akabah , the mighty map lay unrolled at our feet . We surveyed the entire route of the vast host of Israel along the yellow sandy plain ...
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... natural features surrounding that mountain . With all deference to such eminent names as Lepsius , Bartlett , Dr. Stewart , and above all , the illustrious traveller Burckhardt , I cannot conceive , after having ascended both 114 THE ...
... natural features surrounding that mountain . With all deference to such eminent names as Lepsius , Bartlett , Dr. Stewart , and above all , the illustrious traveller Burckhardt , I cannot conceive , after having ascended both 114 THE ...
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