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NABLUS.
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olive-groves where the
waysides are in many
places brightened with
wild flowers and patches
of self-sown barley. In
a few minutes we enter
the eastern gate of Nablus (see page 243). Nablus
is a contraction and corruption of " Flavia Neapolis,"
as the city was called when it was almost rebuilt by
Titus Flavius Vespasian. This is one of the very
few instances in which the ancient Semitic name
has been superseded by one of Roman origin.
The Arabs cannot pronounce the letter "p," so of
Neapolis they made Nablus or Nabalus.
MOUNT EBAL, FROM/THE GARDENS S.W.S. OF
NABLUS.
Showing the square tower of the Mosque El Khadra, and part
of an aqueduct on the slope of Gerizim,
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olive-groves where the
waysides are in many
places brightened with
wild flowers and patches
of self-sown barley. In
a few minutes we enter
the eastern gate of Nablus (see page 243). Nablus
is a contraction and corruption of " Flavia Neapolis,"
as the city was called when it was almost rebuilt by
Titus Flavius Vespasian. This is one of the very
few instances in which the ancient Semitic name
has been superseded by one of Roman origin.
The Arabs cannot pronounce the letter "p," so of
Neapolis they made Nablus or Nabalus.
MOUNT EBAL, FROM/THE GARDENS S.W.S. OF
NABLUS.
Showing the square tower of the Mosque El Khadra, and part
of an aqueduct on the slope of Gerizim,