Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor During the Years 1817 and 1818

afternoon Aleppo alto-relievo amongst ancient antiquity appearance Arabs arches arms arrived Assuan Baalbec backsheeish Bankes beautiful boat Cairo camels camp cashiefs cataract cedars centre chamber columns crew crossed cultivated Damascus Daoud Derry desert distance door doura Ebsambal edifice Egypt Egyptian feet figures foot four front Gourna governour granite Greek Halleel Hamah Hassan head hieroglyphics hills horses inclosed inhabitants inscription Isis Jaffa janissary Kerek khan Lady Hester Stanhope latter Lebanon mameluke morning mountains nahr Narsah natives neighbourhood night Nile noticed Nubia observed ornamented Osiris Palmyra party pashaw passed peristyle Philæ piastres picturesque pillars plain portico present pylon reached remains remarkable river road rock Roman ruins Salt sanctuary sand second cataract seen sent sepulchral Sheikh shew Shobek side situated small temple square stone Syria Thebes told tomb took town travellers trees Tripoli Turkish Turks valley village wall