Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 696
avethese identifications attempted and proposed, and of stillgreater value that historical geography has found a soundfoundation in this exact survey of the land. Only nowwhen we have a trustworthy and exact representation of thewhole district as it is to-day, of the position of places andtheir… … The so-called Tomb of Hiiani, near Tyre 594 EXPLOHAriONS L\ BIBLE LANDS the situation of a place is conditioned not merely by aknowledge of its name and of the site of its supposed ruins,but to an equal extent by the consideration of the roads andof the general contour of the ground. According to…
