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 814
URING lO-rn CENTURY: ARABIA 695 to mention the Euphrates, which always contains water, andwhich forms the northeast boundary of the peninsula, thereare several large clearly recognizable wadis in Arabia. Ofthese two in particular traverse almost the entire width ofthe land, which are more or less… … Desert Landscape in South Arabia desert, a comparatively luxuriant vegetation still marks theirexistence almost to the points where they formerly emptiedinto the Euphrates and the sea. We may safely assumethat in ancient times they carried more water than they doat the present day. Of the two most…
