Amurath to Amurath, a Five Month Journey Along the Banks of the Euphrates

How wonderful to hear and see Mesopotamiah in the 1900s thru the eyes of Gertrude Bell! A bit saddened tho, because this trip is an focus on architecture that has almost blown away it's [even then] incredibly old!

I did get a thrill reading her description of Babylon, sounds like this was the furthest south she got on the Euphrates before moving over to the Tigris for the return trip. And along that latter route again getting a thrill to read about her stop at one of the locations for the landing of Noah's Ark.

There are many references to other individuals who had travelled in the areas she was in, before her. Sadly men with European sounding names and not locals. But she mentions so much history that she's clearly read far and wide on many subjects pertaining to the regions she travels in.

Well worth the read if you're interest in Ms Bell and her time.