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Ḳāmûʿel-Hūrmūl
March 6, 1900

After leaving Ba'albek we traveled northward
stopping over night in Ras. Ba'albek and
pitching our next camp at Rableh.

On the way to Rableh we stopped at an
interesting monument near the village
of Hūrmūl. It is a high towerlike
structure, situated on the highest point of
a ridge which divides the northern end
of the great plain between the Lebanons
and the Anti-Lebanons into two valleys.
It is a most conspicuous site both from
North and South.

The monument is marked on several
maps as of Assyrian origin but a glance
at its architectutal form at once shows
it to be a classic structure.

It is square in plan, of two stories, with
a tall sharp-pointed pyramidal roof.
It is moreover of perfectly solid construction

Ḳāmûʿel-Hūrmūl
March 6, 1900

After leaving Ba'albek we traveled northward
stopping over night in Ras. Ba'albek and
pitching our next camp at Rableh.

On the way to Rableh we stopped at an
interesting monument near the village
of Hūrmūl. It is a high towerlike
structure, situated on the highest point of
a ridge which divides the northern end
of the great plain between the Lebanons
and the Anti-Lebanons into two valleys.
It is a most conspicuous site both from
North and South.

The monument is marked on several
maps as of Assyrian origin but a glance
at its architectutal form at once shows
it to be a classic structure.

It is square in plan, of two stories, with
a tall sharp-pointed pyramidal roof.
It is moreover of perfectly solid construction