This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...of Arab huts, called 'Ezbet Beshare, on its northern edge, and the ruins of Amt on the west. Beyond rises the sand gezireh of Menagi, crowned by the buildings and huge tent of the sheikh of the Hanadi Arabs. Northward lie the twin cemeteries of Zuwelen, now as completely ravaged as that of Nebesheh. Far beyond these is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...of Arab huts, called 'Ezbet Beshare, on its northern edge, and the ruins of Amt on the west. Beyond rises the sand gezireh of Menagi, crowned by the buildings and huge tent of the sheikh of the Hanadi Arabs. Northward lie the twin cemeteries of Zuwelen, now as completely ravaged as that of Nebesheh. Far beyond these is San. South-west along the canal lies the sand mound, and a few palm-trees of the Geziret Abu Qeh marking the landing-place from the Bahr Faqus, while, though scarcely visible, the mound of Khata'neh is but seven miles distant. The mound of Gemaiyemi consists of the remains of crude brick houses, dating from Roman, Ptolemaic, and perhaps earlier times. Arab remains are absent. Round it, on the north, are the walls of isolated buildings almost washed away by the rush of water1 from the higher part during the winter rains. Eastward a few insignificant tombs have been found, with earthenware coffins. At the south-east corner, however, is a place of more promise, --a space of about three acres with limestone chips on the surface, enclosed by a brick wali. About 200 yards from the southern extremity of the mound is another smaller enclosure. This latter I tested in several places, but found nothing. It had doubtless been for defence, but contained no building of importance. Denudation had carried away the wall almost to the foundation, and inside the enclosure nothing remained but a foot or so of dirty sand, with scanty chips of pottery. From the bricks it appeared to be Ptolemaic, but I could obtain no exact measurement of them. 36. The other enclosure, however, is of greater interest (see PI. xxi.).2 The sides of the rectangle 1 Water action was visible everywhere where there was a slope. The water does not generally run in deep channels, but wash...
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