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Wilson, Charles William, Sir. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2 - Page 160. 1883. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 5, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/543/show/214.

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Title Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2
Creator (LCNAF)
  • Wilson, Charles William, Sir
Publisher D. Appleton and Company
Date 1883
Description Index: Phoenicia and Lebanon / by the Rev. H. W. Jessup -- The Phoenician plain / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- Acre, the key of Palestine, Mount Carmel and the river Kishon, Maritime cities and plains of Palestine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Lydda and Ramleh, Philistia / By Lt. Col. Warren -- The south country of Judaea / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- The southern borderland and Dead Sea / by Professor Palmer -- Mount Hor and the cliffs of Edom, The convent of St. Catherine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Sinai / by the Rev. C. P. Clarke -- The land of Goshen, Cairo, Memphis, Thebes, Edfu and Philae / by S. Lane-Poole.
Subject.Geographic (TGN)
  • Egypt
  • Palestine
  • Sinai Peninsula
Genre (AAT)
  • books
  • illustrations (layout features)
  • plates (illustrations)
  • maps (documents)
Language English
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Original Item Location DS107 .W73 v.2
Original Item URL http://library.uh.edu/record=b1703789~S11
Digital Collection Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands
Digital Collection URL http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic
Repository Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library
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Transcript i6o Pit PI RESQl fE PALPS PINE. ill now called Tel e on which was built the important fortress of Blanche. ; theCrusad It lies about sixteen mile*, from and is situated on the extremity of one of the spurs of the hills of Philistia bwn into the undulating plains. It obtained the name of Alba Specula during the Middle Ages on account of the glaring white chalk cliff or scarp which surrounds it. and which is mo many miles to the south west It was a most important strc i of the Phili and com mouth of the valley of l : n u hence there went a main i i iiii 11 not very mention ept in con- i with the other royal cities of the Philistines, and is chiefly interestir en a place of res >rt which ■ in I m PI \i\^ I >i PHILISTIA, la Am MlghbouCi i oi irllrsSAfy Ploughing and towing for winter crops wrtwrfi from Kir I frequented during his troubles; hereout of fear of hish Mhe feigned himself mad. a\\A scrabbled on the A^nn's .md here again, some years later, he was received with honour by the Philistine king, and again out of Gath came one of David's most faithful and t'u f friends, htai the Gittite nnuel w. 10 23). When Gath ; the nam. of Blanchegarde, it played a most important part in the wai ►me of the chief adventures n\ KIcUavA Planta *ith the who infested the plain. The hill on which the ciiv stood is about two hlindf mding plain, and is of An irregular shape. A modern wely rests on the and around are the remains of the ruined castle, and some lar
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