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 724
soil of Palestine. In the fall of 1896, inMadaba, as the Greeks were building a new church on theruins of an old basilica, a portion of the mosaic floor of theold church came to light. This mosaic was found to repre-sent nothing less than a map of Syria, Palestine and Egypt.The greater part of it… … DURING 19TH CENTURY: PALESTINE f>19 plain and highland is strikingly expressed by the artist.The valley of the Jordan, the plain of Sharon, and thewilderness of Mount Sinai are distinguished from the darkmountains of Judea by being colored light. A deep greenindicates the Dead Sea, while white…
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