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Title Page The Land and the Book (1894)

The Land an the Book; or,Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery ofTHE HOLY LANDBy W. M. Thomson, D.D>,Thirty years missionary in Syria and Palestine.[image] [...]

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The Tomb of Jonas The Land and the Book (1894)

The buildings shown here are in or near Ashdod in Israel: Neby Yûnas: the tomb of the prophet Jonah, who was, it is said, swallowed up by a large fish, and washed up at this place.There are several to [...]

Keywords: tombs, building, shores, beaches, waves, water, hills, boats, sailing boats, greyscale

Places shown: Ashod; Israel

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Cedars of Lebanon The Land and the Book (1894)

A group of camels and some humans are at the edge of a forest of mighty cedar trees; in the far distance are some snow-capped mountains.

Keywords: trees, cedar trees, people, camels, forests, mountains, spears, colour

Places shown: Labanon

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Samaria The Land and the Book (1894)

The site of this celebrated capital is delightful, by universal consent. It is a very large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces at leastsix hundredfeet above the valleys which surround it. [...]

Keywords: ruins, pillar, bridges, arches, animals, temples, trees, mountains, columns, colour

Places shown: Samaria; Syria

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Bethlehem The Land and the Book (1894)

In the foregrouns are two men, ora man and a boy herding goats. But behind them rise hills and the small ancient town of Bethlehem , with its square buildings and its temple.The houes in ancient Pales [...]

Keywords: villages, views, cityscapes, people, shepherds, animals, goats, spirit, stone houses, hills, colour

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

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