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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
About a mile north of Latron the village of 'Amwas clings to the side of a bare chalky
hill. Its name preserves that of Emmaus, afterward called Nicopolis, a city famous in the
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annals of the Hasmoneans
as the scene of the second
great victory won by Judas
Maccabaeus in the year
166 B.C. The name Em-
maus is explained by
Josephus to mean a" heal-
ing bath," and is thus pro-
bably the Aramaic form of
the old Hebrew Hammath,
signifying a " hot " bath.
There were three places
in Palestine named Em-
maus. One, originally
called Hammath, was built
over the thermal springs
immediately south of
Tiberias. The second,
Emmaus Nicopolis, now under consideration, is said in the Talmud to have possessed springs
often visited by sick persons, as are the thermal springs near Tiberias at the present day.
SOBA, FROM THE JERUSALEM ROAD.
Two native ladies, mounted on asses and enveloped in large white cotton veils, called izzars,
are ascending the hill.
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
About a mile north of Latron the village of 'Amwas clings to the side of a bare chalky
hill. Its name preserves that of Emmaus, afterward called Nicopolis, a city famous in the
4i
** ^3 1 ■ {
r.
annals of the Hasmoneans
as the scene of the second
great victory won by Judas
Maccabaeus in the year
166 B.C. The name Em-
maus is explained by
Josephus to mean a" heal-
ing bath," and is thus pro-
bably the Aramaic form of
the old Hebrew Hammath,
signifying a " hot " bath.
There were three places
in Palestine named Em-
maus. One, originally
called Hammath, was built
over the thermal springs
immediately south of
Tiberias. The second,
Emmaus Nicopolis, now under consideration, is said in the Talmud to have possessed springs
often visited by sick persons, as are the thermal springs near Tiberias at the present day.
SOBA, FROM THE JERUSALEM ROAD.
Two native ladies, mounted on asses and enveloped in large white cotton veils, called izzars,
are ascending the hill.