Princeton Expeditions to Syria (1899, 1904-1905, 1909)

Arâk il-EmîrTyros October 13th, 1904 to October 19th, 1904 After a long and tiring journey across the plain of Jordan and through the high mountains th the east of the rise?, we came in to ?, late in the afternoon of the great ruins of Arak il-Emîr situated on an emminence well above the Wadi is-Eîr but surrounded on three sides by lofty mountains which form a natural amphitheatre above? the ruins of ancient Tyros. The ruins cover a large area on different levels from the site of the modern village which is situated just below the steep cliffs, honeycombed with rock-hewn chambers, to the site of the ruin called il-Abd which is on the lowers level. Between these two levels and below the latter are the remains of great terraces built in a style resembling