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1. Mount Sinai as seen from the Red Sea. 2. The Rock of Meribah out of which issued water when smitten by the rod of Moses. 3, 4 Summits of Mount Sinai (Mount Moses and Mount Horeb). 5. Mount Horeb. 6. Mount Carmel.

Alternative Title

[1] Prospect of Mount Sinai from the port of Tor the coast of the Red Sea. [2] The Rock of Meribah out of which issued water when smitten by the rod of Moses. [3] The hill of Moses on which he fed the flocks of Jethzo his father in law. [4] Mount Horeb on the westside. [5] Mount Tabor. [6] Mount Carmel.

Date

1752

Bibliographic Citation

THOMPSON, Charles. The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq. Containing his observations on France, Italy, Turkey in Europe, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and many other parts of the world : giving a particular and faithful account of what is most remarkable in the manners, religion, polity, antiquities, and natural history of those countries : with a curious description of Jerusalem as it now appears, and most other places mention'd in the Holy Scriptures / publish'd from the author's original manuscript, interspers'd with the remarks of several other modern travellers, and illustrated with historical, geographical, and miscellaneous notes by the editor, vol. III, Reading, C. Micklewright, 1752.

Area/Place

Egypt
Israel
Palestine

Subject

Natural environment
Religious practices

Collection

The Gennadius Library - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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