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Hawks, Francis L.
The monuments of Egypt: or Egypt a witness for the Bible — New York, 1850

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Visits to Monasteries in the Levant.

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Monastery of Meteora,
Interior of Greek Monastery,
Koord, or Native of Koordistan.
Negress trailing to be sota,
Bedouin Arab,
Egyptian in Nizam Dress,
Interior of Abyssinian Library,
Mendicant Dervish,
Church of Holy Sepulchre,
Monastery of SI. Barlaam,
Tartar, or Government Messenger,
Turkish Common Soldier,
Promontory of Mount Athos,
Greek Sailor,
Monastery of Simo-Petri,
Circassian Lady,
Turkish Lady.

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