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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- dedication
- ADVERTISEMENT
- PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK
- ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION OF ARABIC NAMES AND WORDS
- MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY
- FOR THE READER
- Contents
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION.—GREECE AND EGYPT
- SECTION II FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ
- SECTION III FROM SUEZ TO MOUNT SINAI
- SECTION IV FROM MOUNT SINAI TO 'AKABAH
- SECTION V FROM 'AKABAH TO JERUSALEM
- SECTION VI JERUSALEM.—INCIDENTS AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- SECTION VII JERUSALEM.—TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES
- SECTION VIII JERUSALEM.—HISTORY, STATISTICS, ETO
- SECTION IX EXCURSION FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHEL, ETO
- SECTION X EXOURSION TO 'AIN JIDY, THE DEAD SEA, THE JORDAN, ETO
- NOTES
- NOTE I DIOCLETIAN'S COLUMN, at Alexandria
- NOTE II IRRIGATION in Egypt. “Watering with the foot”
- NOTE III THEBES. The Sea put for the Nile
- NOTE IV THEBAN TOMBS
- NOTE V CAIRO. Booksellers; the Magician
- NOTE VI EGYPT. Books for Travellers
- NOTE VII RATE OF TRAVEL, with Camels and Horses
- NOTE VIII SUEZ. Historical Notices
- NOTE IX WADY TAWARIK. Not called Wady et-Tih
- NOTE X VALLEY OF THE SEVEN WELLS. E.Smith's Letter
- NOTE XI ANCIENT CANAL, between the Nile and Red Sea. The French measurements Doubtful
- NOTE XII PELUSIAC NILE. Not anciently Navigable
- NOTE XIII HEROOPOLIS. Where Situated
- NOTE XIV ISRAEL AT SINAI. Not on the south of Jebel Mûsa
- NOTE XV MANNA. References and analysis
- NOTE XVI SERBAL. Not the Sinai of Scripture
- NOTE XVII HOREB AND SINAI. Use of these names
- NOTE XVIII PHARAN. Feirân
- NOTE XIX SINAITIC INSCRIPTIONS. First deciphered by Professor Beer. Later results and views. At petra
- NOTE XX THE CONVENT AND ITS SERFS. Extract from Eutychius
- NOTE XXI PASSPORT, from the Governor of 'Akabah. Translation
- NOTE XXII HAJ STATIONS, and Convoy
- NOTE XXIII 'ABDEH, EBODA. Doubts and Notices
- NOTE XXIV ROUTES, from Sinai across the Desert to Gaza and Hebron, and Elevations
- NOTE XXV MOUNT OF OLIVES. Northern Summit
- NOTE XXVI ZION AND AKRA, according to Clarke and Olshausen
- MOTE XXVII THE ANCIENT ARCH AND BRIDGE. Letters from F. Cather-wood and others
- NOTE XXVIII TOMBS SOUTH OF HINNOM. Presumption of Dr Clarke
- NOTE XXIX TOMB OF HELENA. Extract from Pausanias. Carelessnes of Writers. Dr Clarke and Chateaubriand
- NOTE XXX DEAD SEA, JORDAN, LAKE OF TIBERIAS Results of measurements
- Map
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- dedication
- ADVERTISEMENT
- PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK
- ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION OF ARABIC NAMES AND WORDS
- MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY
- FOR THE READER
- Contents
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION.—GREECE AND EGYPT
- SECTION II FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ
- SECTION III FROM SUEZ TO MOUNT SINAI
- SECTION IV FROM MOUNT SINAI TO 'AKABAH
- SECTION V FROM 'AKABAH TO JERUSALEM
- SECTION VI JERUSALEM.—INCIDENTS AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- SECTION VII JERUSALEM.—TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES
- SECTION VIII JERUSALEM.—HISTORY, STATISTICS, ETO
- SECTION IX EXCURSION FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHEL, ETO
- SECTION X EXOURSION TO 'AIN JIDY, THE DEAD SEA, THE JORDAN, ETO
- NOTES
- NOTE I DIOCLETIAN'S COLUMN, at Alexandria
- NOTE II IRRIGATION in Egypt. “Watering with the foot”
- NOTE III THEBES. The Sea put for the Nile
- NOTE IV THEBAN TOMBS
- NOTE V CAIRO. Booksellers; the Magician
- NOTE VI EGYPT. Books for Travellers
- NOTE VII RATE OF TRAVEL, with Camels and Horses
- NOTE VIII SUEZ. Historical Notices
- NOTE IX WADY TAWARIK. Not called Wady et-Tih
- NOTE X VALLEY OF THE SEVEN WELLS. E.Smith's Letter
- NOTE XI ANCIENT CANAL, between the Nile and Red Sea. The French measurements Doubtful
- NOTE XII PELUSIAC NILE. Not anciently Navigable
- NOTE XIII HEROOPOLIS. Where Situated
- NOTE XIV ISRAEL AT SINAI. Not on the south of Jebel Mûsa
- NOTE XV MANNA. References and analysis
- NOTE XVI SERBAL. Not the Sinai of Scripture
- NOTE XVII HOREB AND SINAI. Use of these names
- NOTE XVIII PHARAN. Feirân
- NOTE XIX SINAITIC INSCRIPTIONS. First deciphered by Professor Beer. Later results and views. At petra
- NOTE XX THE CONVENT AND ITS SERFS. Extract from Eutychius
- NOTE XXI PASSPORT, from the Governor of 'Akabah. Translation
- NOTE XXII HAJ STATIONS, and Convoy
- NOTE XXIII 'ABDEH, EBODA. Doubts and Notices
- NOTE XXIV ROUTES, from Sinai across the Desert to Gaza and Hebron, and Elevations
- NOTE XXV MOUNT OF OLIVES. Northern Summit
- NOTE XXVI ZION AND AKRA, according to Clarke and Olshausen
- MOTE XXVII THE ANCIENT ARCH AND BRIDGE. Letters from F. Cather-wood and others
- NOTE XXVIII TOMBS SOUTH OF HINNOM. Presumption of Dr Clarke
- NOTE XXIX TOMB OF HELENA. Extract from Pausanias. Carelessnes of Writers. Dr Clarke and Chateaubriand
- NOTE XXX DEAD SEA, JORDAN, LAKE OF TIBERIAS Results of measurements
- Map
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- Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent RegionsA Journal of Travels in the Years 1838 and 1852, pp. iii - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1867