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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... round , are hard to match , and they possess the extraordinary interest of having all their uses marked in plain figures on their walls . Everything has its hieroglyphic explanation painted on it . There are few more impressive moments ...
... round , are hard to match , and they possess the extraordinary interest of having all their uses marked in plain figures on their walls . Everything has its hieroglyphic explanation painted on it . There are few more impressive moments ...
Page xii
... round the glories of its scenery and art . And here I have the privilege of giving the traveller in search of fresh holiday - grounds , and the still larger , but not less appreciative , public xii Preface THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY ...
... round the glories of its scenery and art . And here I have the privilege of giving the traveller in search of fresh holiday - grounds , and the still larger , but not less appreciative , public xii Preface THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY ...
Page xiv
... round the principal temples and tombs , and mostly in connection with Luxor . At Luxor , if you only reside at the Karnak end of the town , away from the vulgarities and toutings of the front , you live at the Court of the great Rameses ...
... round the principal temples and tombs , and mostly in connection with Luxor . At Luxor , if you only reside at the Karnak end of the town , away from the vulgarities and toutings of the front , you live at the Court of the great Rameses ...
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... round . Sir H. Beerbohm Tree's False Gods at His Majesty's had its principal scene laid in this temple . THE YOUNG IDEA 413 Taken at the village just outside Karnak . The idea of these boys is to make small piastres by stripping to run ...
... round . Sir H. Beerbohm Tree's False Gods at His Majesty's had its principal scene laid in this temple . THE YOUNG IDEA 413 Taken at the village just outside Karnak . The idea of these boys is to make small piastres by stripping to run ...
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... round the village fountain. UNDER PROTEST . . . '. . . 275 To mount a came] a lady needs the assistance of at least three people. The camel generally roars all the time. A ROMAN CASTLE IN THE GREAT OASIS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT . 292 Which ...
... round the village fountain. UNDER PROTEST . . . '. . . 275 To mount a came] a lady needs the assistance of at least three people. The camel generally roars all the time. A ROMAN CASTLE IN THE GREAT OASIS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT . 292 Which ...
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