Originally published in 1922, This unpretentious volume is a simple travel story, written for the popular mind and with no claim to be the result of profound scholarly investigation; but at the same time, it is a story of an expedition carried out in the most scientific way and under the direction of a master scholar in the archaeological field. It is the travel record of one member of "The American Scientific Mission," a name given to the expedition by the British Foreign Office after its arrival in the Near East. This narrative is an accurate description of those places which were visited and of the conditions prevailing at the time. The book deals largely in personal experiences and descriptions written on the ground or soon after the happenings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the origin