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... passed beyond Cape Posideium ( Possidi ) at the foot of Mount Casius , the tract between this and the range of Taurus being always known as Syria , never as Phoenicia or Phoenicé . The entire length of the coast between the limits of ...
... passed beyond Cape Posideium ( Possidi ) at the foot of Mount Casius , the tract between this and the range of Taurus being always known as Syria , never as Phoenicia or Phoenicé . The entire length of the coast between the limits of ...
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... passing through the town . Its course , includ- ing main windings , measures about twenty - five miles . 4 The Ibrahim , or Adonis , has its source near Afka ( Apheca ) in Lat . 34 ° 4 ′ nearly . It bursts from a cave at the foot of a ...
... passing through the town . Its course , includ- ing main windings , measures about twenty - five miles . 4 The Ibrahim , or Adonis , has its source near Afka ( Apheca ) in Lat . 34 ° 4 ′ nearly . It bursts from a cave at the foot of a ...
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... passing from this point through comparatively low ground , and between swelling hills , until it reaches the sea two miles to the north of Sidon . Its entire course is not less than sixty miles . The Zaherany repeats on a smaller scale ...
... passing from this point through comparatively low ground , and between swelling hills , until it reaches the sea two miles to the north of Sidon . Its entire course is not less than sixty miles . The Zaherany repeats on a smaller scale ...
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... passed from the country to its people , and as applied to the country by the Greeks on account of the palm- trees which grew along its shores . The Cypriot physiognomy is peculiar . ( See Di Cesnola's Cyprus , pp . 123 , 129 , 131 , 132 ...
... passed from the country to its people , and as applied to the country by the Greeks on account of the palm- trees which grew along its shores . The Cypriot physiognomy is peculiar . ( See Di Cesnola's Cyprus , pp . 123 , 129 , 131 , 132 ...
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... passed along the coast as far as the Eleu- therus and then turned eastward and north - eastward 1 Gesenius , Monumenta Scrip- | turæ Linguæque , Phoenicia , p . 271 . 2 Allen , Dead Sea , ii . 189 . 3 Perrot et Chipiez , Histoire de l ...
... passed along the coast as far as the Eleu- therus and then turned eastward and north - eastward 1 Gesenius , Monumenta Scrip- | turæ Linguæque , Phoenicia , p . 271 . 2 Allen , Dead Sea , ii . 189 . 3 Perrot et Chipiez , Histoire de l ...
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Abdera abundant Africa Amathus ancient Ansayrii Aradus Arrian Ashtoreth Asia Assyrian Baal Bargylus bronze Byblus Cape Carmel Carthage Cesnola chambers character colonies commercial Compare Curium Cyprian Cyprus Diod early east Egypt Egyptian Ezek feet figures flank fleet Gades Gebal Gesenius gold Greek harbour height Herod Herodotus Hist Histoire de l'Art Ibid Idalium inscription island Kenrick king Land of Israel Lebanon Lixus Marathus Mediterranean Melkarth metal miles Mission de Phénicie mountain native nician northern ornament perhaps Perrot et Chipiez Persian Phoenicia Proper Phoenician art Phoenician cities pillars plain Plin port probably promontory Propontis Renan river rock Roman sail Sardinia Scymnus Chius Semitic settlements ships shore side Sidon Sidonian silver southern Spain stone Strab stream Syria Tartessus temple tion tombs town tract trade trees Tristram Tyre Tyrian vases vessels wall western xxvii
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