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English: Wood engravings of Eshdûd, the ancient Philistine city of Ashdod. Called by the Greeks Azotus. An Arab town, called Isdûd, built sometime during the Fatimid era, stood until 1948 on the slope of the tell (mound), one hundred feet above the sea, and three miles from the shore. The modern Israeli port city of Ashdod has been built in 1956 6km north of this tell. The green knoll in the foreground is crowned by the wely of Sheikh Ibrahim el Matbûk.

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from 1881 until 1884

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This file has an extracted image: Eshdûd, the ancient Ashdod. Called by the Greeks Azotus (1881-1884).jpg.

Original from: NYPL Digital Gallery
Source: Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. / Colonel Wilson, ed.
Digital ID: 80671

Author



Alternative names	Henry Fenn
Description	American painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death	14 September 1845	21 April 1911
Location of birth/death	Essex County United States	Montclair
Work location	United States of America (1864)
Authority file	: Q5668811 VIAF: 47035589 ISNI: 0000000080400565 ULAN: 500020449 LCCN: n91061810 GND: 1038118182 WorldCat

Wilson, Charles William, Sir, 1836-1905 -- Author

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