Atheneum, or Spirit of the English Magazines, Vol. 6: October 1, 1819 March 1, 1820 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Atheneum, or Spirit of the English Magazines, Vol. 6: October 1, 1819 March 1, 1820

About two days' journey above Cai ro, is a lofty insulated rock, on the top of which a Coptic monastery is situated. This singular mass, which seems strange ly to have escaped the wonder-working sculptors of Egypt, is called Gibraltar.

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Excerpt from Atheneum, or Spirit of the English Magazines, Vol. 6: October 1, 1819 March 1, 1820

In the neighbourhood of this place, they encountered some difficulties from the Arabs, but which, by their spirit and firmness, they overcame and proceed ed unmolested till they reached the tents of a Chieftain called eben ras chib, who took them under his protec tion. This encampment was situated on the edge ofa precipice, from which they had a magnificent view of Mount gebel-nebe-haroun, the hill of the prophet Aaron, (m0u_nt Hong) and a distant prospect of gebel-tour (mount sinai), was also pointed out to them. In the fore-ground, on the plain below, they saw the tents of the hostile Arabs, who were determined to oppose their passage to Wadi Moosa, the ruins of which were also in sight.

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