The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places

First published in 1865. - Porter spent 10 years in Syria and travelled extensively. Very popular description of the massive buildings to be found in Bashan and an account of his theory explaining their construction. Porter believed that the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, before its occupation by the Jewish tribes, had constructed these buildings.-Print ed. "BASHAN is the land of sacred romance. From the remotest historic period down to our own day there has ever been something of myster