apamoea

Updated: August 17, 2026

Burckhardt had seen Palmyra and Baalbek, the slopes of Lebanon and the valley of the Orontes, Lake Huleh, and the sources of the Jordan; he had discovered many ancient sites; and his observations had led especially to the discovery of the site of the far-famed Apamoea, although both he and his publisher were mistaken in their application of the data obtained.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century