. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . 1192, was also interred here. Theassertion that Urigen is buried here rests on a baseless modern tradition. The present Harboue occupies the site of the ?Sidoniari orNorthern Harbour, and is only slightly choked with sand; traces ofancient harbour structures still exist. The so-called ^EgyptianHarbour, on the S. side of the island, is now entirely silted up. The chief water-supply of Tyre was derived from the Tell el-Mashuk, about I1/2 M. to the E. At the foot of the rock towardsthe S. a
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . 1192, was also interred here. Theassertion that Urigen is buried here rests on a baseless modern tradition. The present Harboue occupies the site of the ?Sidoniari orNorthern Harbour, and is only slightly choked with sand; traces ofancient harbour structures still exist. The so-called ^EgyptianHarbour, on the S. side of the island, is now entirely silted up. The chief water-supply of Tyre was derived from the Tell el-Mashuk, about I1/2 M. to the E. At the foot of the rock towardsthe S. and are remains of large reservoirs. The water wasconducted to the hill from Has el-Ain (p. 271) and other placesand then conducted to the island-city. The conduits above ground 18* A E R =£emcdns ofandervt htaiour structures andfarti/icatians. H-XaOis. K= : | Tombs : IM-eci-DehbaufTiJiZ. ^JamOf Shidb ^JMuznarbedes-Smd . .J)^.^ertrtzndy (Ihree-Saints) ^jnt:Praiisawv . * I>.2. ^Xocanda Karat el-Bala- ^^>.. Site ofTaklired dillsPalace Square of theSerai ^ Fa]fM SlM 2Co hammie^it ChurclLes : ^ iOJiatinJronasterr. : JfozJiofSfwils . . XZ-JandJAbuNaJdilelL MiSenw&TelcffrapTL . . : ^cre G^ate. CD. 5. Vo^einit Gate. Kalatcl-Muiexzeh -^ 148 ^^:o^ ^dof^ ||lkil®li(SlDON) licarLRcoianslCs sioiv deTJienicie? iJraiTn, CTigrKved, a ;pri2ited >y ?V^igner * Bebe; to Beirut. SIDON. 34. Route. 275 probably emblems of the worship of Astarte.) After 20 min. we crossthe brook Abul-Aswad, and soon reach a series of ruins. In Qfl see the Well Nebi Seir to the right and next reach (I/4 hr.; r.)the village of Adlun, probably the Ornithopolis of Strabo. In the shelving side of the projecting hill is a large ISrECROPOLis, ex-tending to the sea, and consisting chiefly of chambers, 6 ft. square, withtombs on three
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