Volume 3

Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / By Edward Daniel Clarke.

  • Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.
Date:
1810-1823
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Credit: Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / By Edward Daniel Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vll he4, “ it was chiefly by foreigners, who obtained leave of the princes of Egypt to take up their habitation within them.” Wherefore it should appear that the presumed allotment of this territory to the Israelites would be strictly consistent with the antient usages of the country. The positions of Heliopolis, and of the places near to that city, in Arabia, are by no means doubtful; since they are always mentioned together, and in the clearest manner, by Herodotus, by Strabo, by Josephus, by Ptolemy, and by Anto¬ ninus, in his Itinerary. Cellarius places Phacusa, Bubastus, and Heliopolis, in Arabia; upon the authority of Ptolemy. Bryant censures him for so doing; and knowing nothing of the rich borders of Arabia, accuses him5 of stationing pro¬ vinces “ in the deserts.” The authority of Cellarius ought not to be superseded by the mere opinion even of such a scholar as Bryant; especially if that opinion be unsupported by matter of fact; and in this instance the principle of the “ malim err are is very admissible. The evidences for the position of Heliopolis, as deduced from Herodotus, Strabo, Ptolemy, and the Itinerary of Antoninus, are as follow. “ To one going upwards from Heliopolis, says Herodo¬ tus®, 44 Egypt is narrow, owing to the Mountain of Arabia. In this mountain are the quarries whence the stones were taken (4) See Observations, &c. p. 107. (5) Ibid. p. 112. Note 7- (6) ’A?ro Si 'H\tov7ro\iog dvu idvri, artivrj tort Aiyvirrog. rjji piv yap rijg ’Apafiitjg opog Traparirarai, k. t. A. iv r<p ical XiOoropiai tvtun, ai eg rag irvpap,i-