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

Aleppo alto-relievo amongst ancient Antioch antiquities appearance Arabs arches arms arrived Assuan Baalbec backsheeish Bankes beauty Belzoni boat Cairo calcarious camels cashiefs centre chamber columns cornice crew crossed Damascus Daoud Derry desert distance door doura Ebsambal edifice Egypt Egyptian eight El Arish excavations feet figures foot four front Gourna granite Greek Halleel Hamah Hassan head hieroglyphics hills hundred inches inclosed inscription Isis Jaffa janissary khan labours Lady Hester Stanhope latter Lebanon mameluke morning mountains nahr Narsah natives neighbourhood night Nile noticed Nubia observed open the temple opposite side ornamented Osiris Palmyra pashaw passed peristyle Philæ piastres pillars plain portico present pylon reis remains river road rock Roman ruins sailors Salt sanctuary sand second cataract seen sent Sheikh shew situated small temple square statues stone Syria Thebes told tomb took town travellers Tripoli Turks village wall