Carchemish

Ultimately he was allowed to use his fellowship money to underwrite a stint at a Hittite archaeological site in Carchemish.

At Carchemish, Lawrence grew devoted to a young Arab named Dahoum.

Chedorlaomer and his army followed therefore much the same route as Terah in his emigration, first going north-west up the Euphrates and then crossing it probably at Carchemish, or above it, and coming southward towards Canaan.

A memorial of its trading long remained in Asia in the shape of the weight-measure called in cuneiform records the maneh “of Carchemish.”

In this case, to add to the other obvious elements of uncertainty, it must be borne in mind that the location of Carchemish at Jerablus is not proved, though it is very probable.