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Wilson, Charles W. [Hrsg.]; Fenn, Harry [Ill.]
Picturesque Palestine: Sinai and Egypt ; in 2 volumes (Band 1) — New York, 1881

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WESTERN SIDE OF THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, PALMYRA.

Showing part of the double colonnade which formed the cloisters of the temple. The brackets projecting from the columns, about two-thirds

of the way up, formerly supported statues.

PALMYRA.

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HRISTMAS at Thebes, Easter at Jerusalem, and then to Damascus and Palmyra.
Palestine has= its season of arid, dreary desolation, and its season of freshness and
beauty, of verdure and flowers. Visitors to the Holy Land in August or October go away
with a melancholy feeling of depression at its burned and lifeless aspect, while those who come
in March or April are charmed with its fresh and floral beauty. This is especially true of
Palmyra. Not only is the country at that time radiant with wild flowers, verdant and
 
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