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Petra. El-Farasah & obelisk ridge area. The great high place of sacrifice, top of side altar, showing bowl-like rock cuttings, gutter, and steps

The large stone in the quarry, Ba'albek called the Hajr el Hûbla. It is sixty-eight feet four inches in length. On the under side it is cut away all round, remaining attached to the bed of the rock in the middle along its entire length.

Petra. El-Farasah & obelisk ridge area. The great high place of sacrifice, top of side altar, showing bowl-like rock cuttings, gutter, and steps

Rock tombs or Gebel-es-Silsileh. At this point the Nile is scarcely eleven hundred feet wide. The rocky barrier through which the river has forced its way is honeycombed with grottoes of the time of the great Theban dynasties.

The pyramid of Meydûm. The Arabs call it "The False Pyramid." Its outer walls consist of admirably jointed and polished blocks of Mukattam stone. The base is hidden by a heap of debris.

Petra Fassade (ca. 25 m hoch) eines Felsentempels der Isis, etwa 130 n. Chr. (von den Arabern Chazne oder Ǧarre genannt).

Petra (Wadi Musa). El-M'esrah area. A tomb interior. With grave recesses showing in one a floor grave

Tomb at Kedes, the ancient Kedesh Naphtali. Thirty-five feet square; piers at the corners support round arches twenty-one feet high. Between the arches were the places for internment, three between each and one on either side of the door. The arches were formerly walled up and the building was covered with a dome.

Abu Roasch [Abû Rawwâsh Site]: Pyramiden auf der Höhe von Osten; Pyramiden auf der Höhe von Westen.

Rock-cut tomb or temple, Petra. Eighty-five feet in height. It is called by the Arabs El Khuzneh Far'on, 'The treasures of Pharoah,' which is said to be concealed in the urn-shaped finial at the summit. The portal leads into a lofty chamber twelve yards square.

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temples jordan petra extinct city prints illustrations dorot jewish division picturesque palestine sinai and egypt arabs el khuzneh far on chamber twelve yards square rock cut tomb eighty five feet ultra high resolution high resolution woodward john douglas 1846 1924 artist wood engravings rock cut tomb temple petra eighty five height arabs khuzneh far arabs el khuzneh far treasures pharoah summit chamber yards square palestine sinai egypt 19th century history of egypt nypl
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1881 - 1883
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Wilson, Charles William, Sir (1836-1905), Author
Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924), Artist
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New York
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New York Public Library
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http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

label_outline Explore Rock Cut, Pharoah, Eighty Five

Bethlehem chapel of nativity 1880

General Headquarters, Far East Command, Public Information Office, Press Release, Danny Kaye and Company arrive in Tokyo to begin FEC [Far East Command] Tour, 28 October 1951

Manyflower Sedge (Carex pluriflora)

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View near rock-cut on sec. 17 showing ledgemen in the foreground and brickmasons in the background.

Artistic houses : being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States : with a description of the art treasures contained therein

Nevada Fall, Height 700 feet, Yo Semite Valley, Cal.

A Bedouin girls sells souvenirs to tourists along the

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: Kabuki Man Category: Portrait/Personality Place: First Place PortfolioBright colors painted on the face of Yusuke Honda hint in no small way at the Kabuki background he enjoys. The character he portrays in the traditional form of Japanese theater is the Jackal - a mischievious, sneaky and sometimes evil personality. (The shot was made to illustrate the Far East for a themed Fifth Fleet issue of the All Hands magazine)

San Juan Skyway - Far View Visitor Center at Mesa Verde National Park, CO

The large plane-tree, Damascus. It is nearly forty feet in circumference. A peasant and his plough are resting against it, and in its shade a carperter is working, steadying his bow saw with his naked foot.

Interior of Tabernacle. 132 x 232 ft. Height of ceiling 68 ft. Seets 13,000.

Height District Map Section No. 35 - Public domain map

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temples jordan petra extinct city prints illustrations dorot jewish division picturesque palestine sinai and egypt arabs el khuzneh far on chamber twelve yards square rock cut tomb eighty five feet ultra high resolution high resolution woodward john douglas 1846 1924 artist wood engravings rock cut tomb temple petra eighty five height arabs khuzneh far arabs el khuzneh far treasures pharoah summit chamber yards square palestine sinai egypt 19th century history of egypt nypl