Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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... called the Virgilian plough in Italy , and in Egypt has been in use since the times of the Pharaohs . It is drawn by Egyptian buffaloes . In Cleo- patra's day Egypt was one of the chief granaries of the Roman Empire . AN EGYPTIAN ...
... called the Virgilian plough in Italy , and in Egypt has been in use since the times of the Pharaohs . It is drawn by Egyptian buffaloes . In Cleo- patra's day Egypt was one of the chief granaries of the Roman Empire . AN EGYPTIAN ...
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... called the Colossi of Thebes . They are loftier than the great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan . The right - hand Colossus is supposed to be " The Vocal Statue of Memnon . " They stood outside the mortuary temple of King Amen - hetep III ...
... called the Colossi of Thebes . They are loftier than the great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan . The right - hand Colossus is supposed to be " The Vocal Statue of Memnon . " They stood outside the mortuary temple of King Amen - hetep III ...
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... called Joseph's well after Saladin himself , whose name was Youssuf . This is 300 ft . deep , and may still be descended to half its depth by the path which winds round it , like that which used to ascend the fallen campanile of Venice ...
... called Joseph's well after Saladin himself , whose name was Youssuf . This is 300 ft . deep , and may still be descended to half its depth by the path which winds round it , like that which used to ascend the fallen campanile of Venice ...
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... called the Mo'allaka , or hanging church , because it is built on to a Roman bastion , is among the most beautiful churches in the world ; it can be mentioned in the same breath as St. Mark's at Venice or the Royal Chapel at Palermo ...
... called the Mo'allaka , or hanging church , because it is built on to a Roman bastion , is among the most beautiful churches in the world ; it can be mentioned in the same breath as St. Mark's at Venice or the Royal Chapel at Palermo ...
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... called the Tombs of the Caliphs , whose shrines , stretching into the desert , form the most beautiful and romantic vision in the kingdom of Arabian art . From this point the road leads swiftly down past mosque after mosque , mansion ...
... called the Tombs of the Caliphs , whose shrines , stretching into the desert , form the most beautiful and romantic vision in the kingdom of Arabian art . From this point the road leads swiftly down past mosque after mosque , mansion ...
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