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Page viii
Luxor , that has never known a winter , has a Winter Palace - a hotel on the same
palatial scale . At the one , the northerner , flying from winter , can have his golf ,
his tennis , his croquet , his riding , and his sailing , in the most perfect winter ...
Luxor , that has never known a winter , has a Winter Palace - a hotel on the same
palatial scale . At the one , the northerner , flying from winter , can have his golf ,
his tennis , his croquet , his riding , and his sailing , in the most perfect winter ...
Page xiii
... lotus life and the exquisite beauty of Luxor , where you are within a short walk
of the finest ruins in Egypt , while you are staying in a most luxurious hotel ; and
the gay winter season which society spends in Assuan , “ the City of the Idle Rich
.
... lotus life and the exquisite beauty of Luxor , where you are within a short walk
of the finest ruins in Egypt , while you are staying in a most luxurious hotel ; and
the gay winter season which society spends in Assuan , “ the City of the Idle Rich
.
Page xiv
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 ,
in an atmosphere so exquisitely mild that life is a dream . I have given many
pages to ...
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 ,
in an atmosphere so exquisitely mild that life is a dream . I have given many
pages to ...
Page xvii
LUXOR , THE CITY OF THE LOTUS - EATER 303 XXX . THE TOMBS OF THE
PHARAOHS AT THEBES 313 XXXI . HUNDRED - PYLONED THEBES . . 324
XXXII . THREE GREAT TEMPLES - ESNA , EDFU , AND KOMOMBO 338 . XXXIII
.
LUXOR , THE CITY OF THE LOTUS - EATER 303 XXX . THE TOMBS OF THE
PHARAOHS AT THEBES 313 XXXI . HUNDRED - PYLONED THEBES . . 324
XXXII . THREE GREAT TEMPLES - ESNA , EDFU , AND KOMOMBO 338 . XXXIII
.
Page xix
EGYPTIAN WOMAN WITH HER SHAWL OVER THE BURDEN ON HER HEAD
27 TO SHIELD HER FROM THE FIERCE SUN On the road from Karnak to Luxor .
In the background are camels carrying stones for building . 36 AT LUXOR ...
EGYPTIAN WOMAN WITH HER SHAWL OVER THE BURDEN ON HER HEAD
27 TO SHIELD HER FROM THE FIERCE SUN On the road from Karnak to Luxor .
In the background are camels carrying stones for building . 36 AT LUXOR ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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