 | 1846 - 602 pagine
...the northern part of the valley, where the famous Natron Lakes are situated ; the southern part is more correctly the Valley of Scithis, or Scete, and...appellations may however be applied generally ; and Mahommedans commonly call the whole valley Wadi Hahib, after one of their own saints, who retired hither... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 610 pagine
...the southern part is more correctly the Valley of 1846.] MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE EGYPTIAN MONASTERIES. Scithis, or Scete, and is also called the Desert or...appellations may however be applied generally ; and Mahommedans commonly call the whole valley Wadi Habib, after one of their own saints, who retired hither... | |
 | Suomen Tiedeseura - 1892 - 1052 pagine
...the Nile. The name of Xitria betongs properly to the northern part of the valley, where the faraons natron lakes ar situated; the southern part ist more...of these three appellations may however be applied genendly; and Mohammedans commonly call the whole valley Wadi Habil) after one of their own saints,... | |
 | 1846 - 638 pagine
...famous natron lakes are situated ; the southern part is more correctly the Valley of Scithis, or Secte, and is also called the Desert or Valley of Macarius,...generally ; and Mohammedans commonly call the whole valley Wad i Habib, after one of their own saints, who retired hither about the end of the seventh century.... | |
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Nitria, situated between 30 and 31 degrees both of latitude and longitude, about 35 miles to the left of the most western branch of the Nile. The name of Nitria belongs properly to the northern part of the valley, where the famous Natron Lakes are situated... 