707 Free Images of Egypt In Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, And Egypt

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The Southern end of the Dead Sea from Engedi. Showing the peninsula called El Lisân (the tongue) which may easily be mistaken for an island., 1881

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The valley of Sorek. Where the men of Beth-Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest when the ark arrived from Ekron., 1881

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The valley of the Leontes, near the coast. The river, the Nahr el Kâsîmiyeh, is of considerable depth at this point, and flows hence to the sea in a very serpentine course., 1881

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The Nahr el Kelb (Dog River), and ancient bridge connected with the rock-cut coast. In the summer, the river is fordable here., 1881

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Cliffs of the Sîk, Petra. Showing the western outlet of the great defile opposite to the rock-cut amphitheatre represented on page 216., 1881

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Jebel Hammâm Farún. The hot springs bubble up at intervals from the sand, and also issue from several features in the rocks. The temperature of the water is 160º., 1881

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The chapel and grotto of Elijah, Jebel Músa. This gigantic cypress is one of the world-famous trees. In Niebuhr's time there were two of them., 1881

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The necropolis of Asyût, consisting of ancient rock-tombs and a modern cemetary (to the right), approached from the town by a bridge over a canal which skirts the cultivated land., 1881

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Mount Gilboa from Sûlem (Shunem). The northern extremity of the range of Jebel Fukû'a (Gilboa) is shown; the highest point is crowned by the sanctuary of Neby Mezâr. In the foreground a woman is spinning cotton, 1881

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The tower at Ramleh. Said to be the minaret of a large mosque which once stood here. According to an Arabic inscription over the door, it was built in the year 1318. It is known as the White Mosque., 1881

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Ruins of an aqueduct east of Akka. The position of the stork is quite characteristic, as storks instinctively take possession of lofty deserted structures, where they may build their huge nests in safety., 1881

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Râs en Nâkûrah. The road over this headland, which has also been called the "Ladder of Tyre" has lately been greatly improved. South of it there is a spring called 'Ain Musheirifeh., 1881

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Neby Samwil, from the Mount of Olives, the highest mountain near Jerusalem, 3,006 feet above the sea., 1881

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The Garden of Gethsemane, Franciscan monks under the ancient olive-trees, and an Arab gardener at work, 1881

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The castle of Zerîn (Jezreel), now used as a manzal or inn, literally "a place for unloading," open to all wayfarers, 1881

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Nahr el Aujeh River - Antipatris Fortress, Ancient Identification, 1881

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Ancient Greek Inscription in Great Mosque - *Thy Kingdom, O Christ*, 1881

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Moslem Graves under the Oaks of Bashan - Tell Hazûr, Bâniâs, 1881

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The Ramesêum. The remains of the great hypostyle of the Temple of Rameses II. The figures of Christian saints have been painted on some of the columns., 1881

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Tomb of the prophet Jonah in El-Meshhed, Ancient Gath-ha-Hepher, Harry Fenn, from 1877 until 1879

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Picturesque Palestine, Division I, 1881

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Râs Atâkah. Râs is the same as our "nase" or "naze." This bold promontory. south of Suez, running out from Jebel Atâkah, on the western shore of the Red Sea, comes into every view of Suez., 1881

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Pylon of the temple of Thothmes III. At Medînet Habû. Commonly called the small temple, in contradistinction to its greater neighbour. It has been restored and added to in Ptolomaic and Roman times., 1881

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The plain El Markeiyeh. At the mouth of Wâdy Taiyebeh, looking south and south-east towards the mountains of the Serbál group. The plain takes its name from the long white range of chalk hills called El Markhâ., 1881

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Taleil-el-Fûl, from Neby Samwil, generally regarded as the Gibeah of Saul., 1881

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Site of Ai. Its only name now is Et Tell, "the heap", 1881

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The Zion Gate, or Gate of the Prophet David, exterior view. In the foreground, outside the gate, is a group of Bethlehemites., 1881

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Beit-'ur-el-Foka, on the site of upper Beth-Horon. In the distance the sandy line of coast and the Mediterranean Sea, 1881

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The Valley of Pigeons (Wâdy el Hamâm). The bed of this picturesque valley runs towards the Lake of Tiberias just north of Mejdel, 1881

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Beirût castle. Built by the Crusaders, but partly with materials which had been used for earlier structures, for there are many granite columns introduced transversely into the lower part of the walls., 1881

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North-west corner of the Haram esh Sherif, showing the highest minaret of the sanctuary, and the old Serai, which is now used as a state prison, 1881

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Khan-ez-Zait, the great bazaar of the oil merchants, from the south, looking towards the street of the Damascus Gate, which is in full sunlight, 1881

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Tophet, the lower portion of the Valley of Hinnom. The village of Silwán on the right, and the south-east corner of the Haram wall on the left, 1881

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Remains of a crusading fort at Tantûrah. Its shattered tower is thirty feet in height. In the distance the village of Tantûrah appears, in the site of the ancient city of Dor., 1881

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Mount Tabor. Called by the Arabs Jebel et Tûr (mountain of light or purity), the name which they also give to the Mount of Olives, 1881

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Fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. The lake contains many good kinds of fish, some of which, it is said, do not occur elsewhere except in tropical climates, 1881

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Well at the place of Elijah's sacrifice, and a view from the heights above it. Embracing a long line of the coast of the plain of 'Athlit, with a strip of blue sea beyond., 1881

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Entrance to the chapel of the Tomb of the Virgin in the valley of the Kedron. The lizards on the sunny wall are thoroughly characteristic of the place, 1881

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'The street called Straight," it runs westward from the East Gate, dividing the Christian from the Jewish quarter. The Mohammedans call it "Sultan's Highway.", 1881

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Mount Tabor from Nain, showing its south-western slopes, dotted with dwarf oaks, locust, arbutts, lentisk, and terebinth trees, 1881

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A well in the plain of Philistia. Around it there were a few rudely formed cup-shaped stone water-troughs for the use of flocks and herds., 1881

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Caves in the Valley of Hinnom, east of Aceldama, 1881

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The Jaffa Gate. The chief entrance to the city of Jerusalem, as it appears from within the city walls. The open space within the gate is used as a market-place., 1881

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The Arch of Triumph, Damascus. At the western side of the Great Mosque, as seen from a roof of a house in the Book Bazaar. When entire its width was eighty feet and its height seventy feet., 1881

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The approach to Nâblus, the ancient Shechem. Through the olive groves on the eastern side of the city; the gate is shown beneath the minaret, 1881

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Sarcophagi among the ruins of Kedesh Naphtali. The one in the foreground is a good example of a sarcophagus with two receptacles., 1881

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Hasrûn, a Maronite village of North Lebanon, on the summit of a precipice on the south side of the gorge of the Kashîda (the sacred river)., 1881

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Banks on the Jordan above the Convent of St. John the Baptist (the Kasr-el-Yehud), 1881

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Jenîn, the ancient en Gannim, from the hill above the cemetery, showing one of the outfalls of the stream which traverses the town, 1881

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The Golden Gate of the Haram esh Sherif from the west. The Mount of Olives in the distance, 1881

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Looking towards Tyre from Nâkûrah. An old olive-tree in the foreground and a Muslim cemetary on the hillside., 1881

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The ruins of the temple at Hebbâriyeh. Showing the eastern portal, which faced Mount Hermon, exactly opposite the valley of Shib'a, 1881

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Gulf of Suez, looking out from 'Ayún Músa. These complicated wheels and spars are a mixture of Egyptian shádoof and sâkiyeh (water-wheel), by which the precious water is raised from the wells., 1881

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Tomb- mosque of El- Ashraf Barsabay. In the Eastern Cemetary, or so-called "Tomb of the Khalifs." It is constructed of alternate courses of pale red and yellowish white limestone. Barsabay died A.D. 1438, 1881

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The obelisk of Luxor. The hieroglyphics are cleanly and deeply cut in the red granite. The fellow of this monolith has been carried away to Paris, and set up in the Place de la Concorde., 1881

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Safed, one of the four holy places of the Jews in Palestine; showing the Jewish quarter on the western and north-western side of the hill, just below the castle, 1881

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Birket Israil - the Pool of Bethesda, 1881

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The valley of the Kadîsha (the holy river), with distant view of the Mediterranean Sea and El Mîna (Minet Tarâbalus), the port of Tripoli, 1881

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The Nahr Leddân, an affluent of the Jordan. It joins the stream from Bâniâs four miles south of Tell el Kâdy, 1881

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'Anâta, on the site of Anathoth. There are the remains of ancient foundations here, and the quarries still supply Jerusalem with building stone, 1881

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Ancient synagogue, Meirôn, situated on the top of an overhanging cliff, which was levelled artificially. Only the south front is now standing., 1881

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First glimpse of the Lebanon range from the south, with the ruined fortress of Hunîn and its clusters of one-storied houses in the foreground, 1881

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Hot baths of Tiberias (Hûmmâm Tûbarîyeh), with the town of Tiberias and Khân Minyeh in the distance. The interior of the public bath is shown, with its pierced dome and marble pavement., 1881

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Râmat el Khulîl, the sight of Mamre. The camping place of Abraham. It is a little way to the right of the old Roman road to Jerusalem, and is also known as Beit Khulîl, "the house of Abraham.", 1881

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The hills of Samaria from Sûlem, the ancient Shunem. Zerîn (Jezreel) appears upon the plain below, and in the foreground there is a characteristic example of the Cactus Opuntia (prickly pear) in blossom, 1881

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View of the great sea from Athlît. Through a large pointed arch, which is only held in position by the extreme hardness and tenacity of the cement used in construction of this fortress., 1881

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The Street of the Damascus Gate with a characteristic group of Bedouins outside a café on the left, a party of Turkish soldiers breakfasting, and on the right a group of dealers in fruit and vegetables, 1881

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Valley of the Jordan, from the Convent of St. John the Baptist, known also as Kasr-el-Yehûd, "the Jews' Tower", 1881

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The temple of Kom Ombo, Half buried in sand-drifts, and half fallen over the river bank, the temple of Kom Ombo is one of the lonliest, and, at a distance, the most impressive of the smaller shrines of Egypt., 1881

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Râs Abu Zenimeh. On a low promontory running out somewhat farther into the sea is placed the tomb of the saint. Unless it is rough the camels are made to take to the water instead of climbing the cliffs., 1881

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Gardens near the mouth of Wâdy Lejâ. The winding road seen in the cliffs leads up to Jebel Tiniyeh, where are the remains of the half-finished palace of the late 'Abbas Pasha., 1881

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Views from the tourquoise mines of Maghârah. Wâdy Maghârah is another name for Wâdy Igné (properly Gena). The mines are high up on the left side as one ascends the narrow wâdy., 1881

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Tibneh, the site of Timnath. The home of Samson's wife , and the scene of his encounter with the young lion in the vineyard., 1881

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'Anâta, on the site of Anathoth. There are the remains of ancient foundations here, and the quarries still supply Jerusalem with building stone, 1881

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Ancient copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch. In a silver-gilt case; it is protected by a red satin cover embroidered with inscriptions in gold thread, 1881

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The Dier, Petra. An isolated building on a lofty eminence north-west of the valley of Petra. It faces Mount Hor., 1881

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Aqueduct, Râs el 'Ain. Of Saracenic origin, its slightly pointed arches are in many places almost concealed by luxuriant vegetation., 1881

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Soba, from the Jerusalem Road. Two native ladies, mounted on asses and enveloped in large white cotton veils, calles izzars, are ascending the hill, 1881

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Convent of Mar Saba, from Brook Kedron, five hundred and ninety feet above the bottom of the ravine below, 1881

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Lake Hûleh (Waters of Merom) from Hunîn, looking towards the south-east, with the uneven table-land of Jaulân (Gaulanitis) in the distance, 1881

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Chapel of the Nativity, in the crypt of the Church of St. Mary, Bethlehem. The star within the grotto on the left marks "the Place of the Nativity;" on the right is the Altar of the Adoration of the Magi, 1881

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The Kûl'at ibn Ma'ân, on the north-west side of the Valley of Pigeons. This castle consists of caverns connected by passages; opposite to it stands Irbid, the ancient Arbela, 1881

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The Tomb of David, the whole group of buildings is called Neby Daûd, which signifies the Sanctuary of the Sepulchre of the Prophet David, 1881

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Under the natural bridge, Lebanon. The stream, after passing under the bridge, descends the mountain-side through a glen like a huge fissure, and then dashes over a ledge of rock in sheets of foam., 1881

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The Wailing-Place of the Jews, the west wall of the Haram, or Sacred Enclosure. On Fridays, after four o'clock, Jews and Jewesses assemble here for prayer, and bewail the downfall of Jerusalem, 1881

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Defile of the Jebel Tíh. The long white range of the Tíh mountains, mostly of the same average height, forms the southern and south-eastern boundary of the great 'wilderness of the forty year's wanderings.', 1881

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Jebel Sûna, from Sikket Syednâ Músa, "The path of our lord Moses." The path is very steep and difficult; it reaches the basin at the back of Râs Sufsâfeh after a climb of one thousand five hundred feet., 1881

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Tower of the castle at Caeserea. Built by the crusaders. It probably occupies the site of "Strato's tower," which was succeeded by the "Tower Drusus" of Herod., 1881

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Pigeon rocks, Beirût. In the cliff from which these island rocks have broken away, there is an enormous cavern which can be entered by small boats., 1881

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Subterranean labyrinth of Tell Sandannah (Beit Jibrin). Showing on of the numerous circular dome-shaped caverns, with its winding rock-cut stairway., 1881

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The village of Siloam from the tomb of St. James, shewing a portion of the great Jewish cemetery on the western slope of the Mount of Olives, 1881

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The Horns of Hattîn (Kûrûn Hattîn). The summit of the eastern horn is a little circular plain; and the top of the lower ridge between the two horns is also level, 1881

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Joseph's tomb, from the north, showing the ruined kubbeh which adjoins it. The cenotaph and one of the pillars appear within the doorway, 1881

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The traditional tomb of Joshua, in the rock cemetary at Tibneh. In the niches of its walls pilgrims placed lighted lamps, and in their great number indicates that it was a highly revered shrine., 1881

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The natural bridge of Akura. On front of a cavern from which issues a strem called the Neb'a Ruweis. a triburary of the Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim)., 1881

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Nazareth from the south, now called En Nâsirah. The large building on the hill of Neby Sa'în is the English Orphanage for Girls, 1881

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The Sea of Galilee from 'Ain et Tîn, the fountain of the fig-tree, near Khân Minyeh, the supposed site of Capernaum., 1881

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Columns in the sea, Caesarea, formed of granite and various kinds of marble; they are relics of Herod's city which were used by medieval builders to strengthen sea walls which have now perished., 1881

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Remains of a synagogue at Kefr Beirim. The village of Beirim, with its remarkable ruins, stands on the summit of a peak north-west of Meirôn. Its present inhabitants are chiefly Maronites, 1881

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The mountains of Moab from Engedi. At this point the Dead Sea is about nine miles in width. There is a continuous beach of varying breadth along the shore., 1881

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