The view was magnificent, commanding El Ghor and the Wady Arabah, while above him towered the naked majesty of Mount Hor.
Mount Hor, from the cliffs encircling the ancient city of Petra.
Tag: Holy Land
Holy Land is a term for the region referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Canaan, Eretz Israel or the Promised Land. Since the Roman Empire, the region has been called Palestine.
View of Petra from the top of the Nabataean Theatre.
One which most directly meets the eye on entering the City of Petra from the eastward, is the Theatre.
The Citadel of Jerusalem and the Tower of David.
The citadel of Jerusalem, with the Tower of David, lies on the north-western part of Sion, to the south of the Jaffa Gate.
The Necropolis of Petra. The tombs of the chief Cemetery.
In the valley which conducts to Petra, and which lies outside the “Chasm,” is the chief Cemetery.
Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan.
This view is taken from the Theatre, and represents the Excavations in the opposite cliffs; and the continuation of the chief eastern entrance to the City.
The Dervishes of the various Orders. Islamic mysticism.
The religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders.
Excavations at the Eastern End of the Valley, Petra.
The architects of Petra had evidently a strong sense of beauty. The City, in its pomp and animation, have formed a combination altogether unrivalled.
The Acropolis (Kusr Faron) Lower End of the Valley. Petra 1839.
It seems to have formed the approach to the Palace, or pile of building in the centre, called by the Arabs Kusr Faron (Pharaoh’s Castle).
Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839.
The Engraving gives a conception of the manner in which the more serious affairs of the natives are conducted.
Remains of a triumphal arch at Petra. Jordan 1839.
The Arch-way in the Engraving, in the lower Roman style, is little more than a heap of stones.