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English: Wood engravings of Eshdûd, the ancient Philistine city of Ashdod. Called by the Greeks Azotus. An Arab town, called Isdûd, built sometime during the Fatimid era, stood until 1948 on the slope of the tell (mound), one hundred feet above the sea, and three miles from the shore. The modern Israeli port city of Ashdod has been built in 1956 6km north of this tell. The green knoll in the foreground is crowned by the wely of Sheikh Ibrahim el Matbûk.
Date from 1881 until 1884
date QS:P,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Harry Fenn  (1845–1911)  wikidata:Q5668811
 
Harry Fenn
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Henry Fenn
Description American painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 14 September 1845 Edit this at Wikidata 21 April 1911 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Essex County United States Montclair
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United States of America (1864) Edit this at Wikidata
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