Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

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Sites connected with the Swiss-born traveller and Orientalist Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (aka Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah). Web editions of his travel journals are available as follows :- "Travels in Syria and the Holy land" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/burckhardt/john_lewis/syria/ "Travel in Nubia" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/burckhardt/john_lewis/nubia/ Dates of visits are from these journals together with links to the correct book/chapter. A shorter narration of his travels is in http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196705/shaikh.burckhardt.explorer.htm

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Petra
Petra
Jordan
Inscribed: 1985
4.61
386
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Rediscovered On Aug 22 1812. Burkhardt Used A "Trick" To Gain Entrance Claiming That He Had To Sacrifice A Goat In Honour Of Haroun (Aaron)
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Nubian Monuments
Inscribed: 1979
4.22
272
12
"Rediscovered" Abu Simbel On 22 March 1813
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Aleppo
Aleppo
Syria
Inscribed: 1986
3.55
88
5
Burkhardt's Base From 1809/12 After Being Accepted By The "Association For Promoting The Discovery Of The Interior Parts Of Africa" Or "African Association" To Penetrate The Central And Western Sudan. Perfected His Arabic There, Adopted An Arabian Persona And Probably Genuinely Converted To Islam.
Baalbek
Baalbek
Lebanon
Inscribed: 1984
3.99
129
5
Sept 28th - Oct 1 1810
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Palmyra
Palmyra
Syria
Inscribed: 1980
3.98
85
3
(Tadmor) July 1810
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Qadisha Valley
Inscribed: 1998
3.31
81
4
Oct 2nd - 4th 1810
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Saint Catherine Area
Inscribed: 2002
3.37
130
8
May 18th -21st 1816
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Meroe
Meroe
Sudan
Inscribed: 2011
4.04
38
4
Burckhardt Noticed The Ruins Of The Town In 1814, But He Underestimated Their Importance (Nom File)
Damascus
Inscribed: 1979
3.87
104
5
He Left Aleppo In Early 1812 And Headed South Through Damascus, Ajloun And Amman. (Wiki)
Historic Cairo
Inscribed: 1979
3.65
396
11
He Arrived At Cairo On 4 September 1812, Where He Spent Four Months. He Spent The Remaining Two Years Of His Life Editing His Journals And Living Modestly In Cairo. (Wiki)
Historic Jeddah
Historic Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Inscribed: 2014
2.54
87
4
After Crossing The Red Sea, He Entered Jeddah On 18 July 1814 And Became Sick With Dysentery For The First Time In His Travels. (Wiki)