 |
"Arabian Desert" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Book of Genesis, was some thirty miles to the north, and on the same side of the Euphrates; the ruins of its great temple of the Moon-god are now known by the name of Muqayyar or Mugheir. It must have been founded on the sandy plateau of the Arabian desert at a time when the plain enclosed between the Tigris and the Euphrates was still too marshy for human habitation. As the Moon-god of Ur was held to be the son of El-lil of Nippur, Dr. Peters is doubtless right in believing that Ur was a ...
— Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs • Rev. A. H. Sayce
... in order to learn something of the life led by the wandering tribes of the Arabian desert, he joined company with a sheik, and accustomed himself to the use of a lance, and to live on horseback, thus qualifying himself to accompany the tribes in their excursions. Under their protection he visited the ruins ...
— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century • Jules Verne |
Words linked to "Arabian Desert" : Egypt, Eastern Desert, Nubian Desert, Rub al-Khali, United Arab Republic, Sinai, Arab Republic of Egypt, Ar Rimsal, Sinai Desert, Syrian Desert, Arabian Peninsula, Arabia, desert, Dahna, Great Sandy Desert |
Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com
|
