Ruined cities within Numidian and Carthaginian territories (1862)
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882 · London : J. Murray · leaf 228
ndconverted into a Moslem mosque—a strange metamorphosis !But the Arab masonry has already decayed and crumbled todust; while the ancient portions, divested of the mud andmortar of the modern barbarians, stand forth, as they didbefore, exhibiting their superiority over Arab architecture.Above the… … COMPLAINT OF HAMMAMA ARABS. 199 SO rudely is it executed that it is difficult to say which.Besides this edifice there are others, whose massive remains,and vast extent, show that they were public structures : andthis is all that can be said of them with any degree ofcertainty. From the heights of…
Extinct cities · Inscriptions, Latin
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