Identifier: palestinesyriawi00karl (find matches)
Title: Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm) Socin, Albert, 1844-1899 Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935 Peters, John P. (John Punnett), 1852-1921
Subjects: Palestine -- Guidebooks Syria -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York, C. Scribner's sons (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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alled Scandarium or ScundaUvm. Beyond Iskanderuneh the path, which is partly hewn in therock, crosses the B&s el-Abyad, the Promontorium Album of Pliny,so called from its hard white (;lay, containing a few streaks only ofdark pebbles. Halfway up we see on the right the Burj el-Beyddeh(a modern watch-tower); on the left is a precipice of nearly 200 ft.At the top (40 min.) stands the Khan el-Hamrd, probably an an-cient watch-tower. The descent is difficult. The road is ancient,and waggon-ruts in the stone are still traceable. At the end of thepass are some artificial grottoes on a level with the sea. On a hillto the right are the ruins of Shiberiyeh. Farther distant are Biyudes-Seid and El-Ezzlyeh. After 1/2 br. we cross the Wddi el-Ezzhjehnear an ancient bridge, beyond which we see the village of Kleileh(p. 269) on the right. We next cross (20 min.) the Nahr el-Mansuranear the village of Deir Kdndn (p. 269), and pass (25 min.) Edsel-Ain (p. 267), from which Tyre is reached in 1 hr.
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.(TYRE) Tiom. &aiIlardot(Kpiiaii-) & Jtfanselli: 50.000-?.■... —.g — .^.a^Pares° — P° Yards. J)^tA-2ijt£ of 3 Fa^umts. L. m^avei i- -printed ty Wagner & Debf; to Beirut. TYRE. 34. Route. 267 The octagonal chief reservoir of Ras el-Ain is situated 10 min. fromthe sea. In order to raise the water to the height of the aqueduct thickwalls over 24 ft. high have been constructed around the spring. Thesides are of unequal length, and of different ages. In the interior it islined with cement. The sugar-cane was grown in the vicinity, and mul-berry-trees are now planted in considerable numbers. This reservoir wasconnected by an aqueduct with three smaller pools situated 10 min. tothe N., close to the Tell er-Reshidiyeh. The reservoirs are probably all ofthe Roman period. In the middle ajes they were ascribed to Solomonfon the authority of Song of Sol. iv. 15). An Arabian aqueduct withpointed arches runs towards the sea. The main body of water was carriedto the Tell el-Ma

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