Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

Public Square, Damascus--A Noted Place in the Time of Abraham [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 17.8 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Genesis, xiv: 15; xv:2:) (Zechariah, vii:1.)--'And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu.' At the time the prophecy of Zechariah was written, or in the time of King Darius, Damascus was included in the great Persian empire which stretched from India to Thrace and Egypt. In the above picture we have a view of the leading public square in the city of Damascus. In the midst of the square is the city prison. We see the Abana river flowing under the square through great stone arches. Damascus was conquered by Nineveh, Babylon and Memphis. She lived before them and she has outlived them all. She has been twice supplanted by Antioch, and has seen Antioch decay. The secret of her life is the Abana river."

Squarish stone building; water flows beneath stone arches; people walk on the street

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Prisons

Public Squares

5544BAI/LVii270CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5544 LVii270CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Syria

Damascus