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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 amphi-
theatre 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 cham-
bers, 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