CHAPTER V.

SCULPTURES AND ROMAN REMAINS IN THE DESERT—GHARÍYA 51

Roman Sepulchre in Wady Talha—Wady Tagíje—Remarkable Monument—Description of Monument—Wady Zemzem—Roman Sepulchres at Taboníye—Gharíya—Roman Gateway—Arab Tower—Roman Inscription—Gharíya eʾ sherkíya—The Hammáda—Storms in the Desert—End of the Hammáda—El Hasi, “the Well.”