 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 страници
...reconcile these assertions in any degree, the Arabian Gulf must have formerly extended much further north than it does now, or a considerable latitude...extend for above twenty-five miles, and are actually lower**than the sea, though they are not overflowed, in consequence of a large bar of sand which has... | |
 | Horace H. Hayden - 1820 - 428 страници
...particularly, are left in great quantities upon the sea shore. "f some marshes, which extend for more than twenty-five miles, and are actually lower than the...sea, though they are not overflowed, in consequence ot a large bar of sand, which has accumulated between them. "Nothing, therefore," says Lord Valentia,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1831 - 362 страници
...Aboukechied, indicate the spot where Heroopolis stood, and where, consequently, the children of Israel resided The French engineers discovered, when in possession...the north of that place are marshes which extend for about twenty-five miles, and which are actually lower than the sea, though they are not overflowed,... | |
 | 1834 - 630 страници
...day. But there is another fact which may be adduced in confirmation of this statement. It is, that "the French engineers discovered, when in possession of Suez, that at a little d;-,tance to the north of that place are marshes which extend for above twentyfive miles, and are actually... | |
 | Charles Tilstone Beke - 1834 - 366 страници
...day. But there is another fact which may be adduced in confirmation of this statement. It is, that " the " French engineers discovered, when in possession...of " that place are marshes which extend for above " twenty -five miles, and are actually lower than " the sea, though they are not overflowed, in con"... | |
 | George Valentia - 1994 - 512 страници
...the text above referred to, clearly shews that it was on the direct road from Canaan to Heliopolis, while Strabo speaks of it as being near to Arsinoe,...large bar of sand which has accumulated between them j nothing therefore can be more probable, than that, in times so far back as THROUGH THE RED SKA. 345... | |
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Gulf must have formerly extended much farther north than it does now, or a considerable latitude must be allowed to the expression of Strabo. The French engineers discovered, when in possession of Suez, that at a little distance to the north of that place... 