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Page xi
Little of the trade of Egypt is in his hands . He may be a book - keeper in a
merchant's office or an assistant in a shop , but the business will belong to some
one else . The wealth of Egyptians , rich and poor , arises solely from land . One
man is ...
Little of the trade of Egypt is in his hands . He may be a book - keeper in a
merchant's office or an assistant in a shop , but the business will belong to some
one else . The wealth of Egyptians , rich and poor , arises solely from land . One
man is ...
Page xxi
WOMAN HOLDING THE HUGE WOODEN EGYPTIAN DOOR - KEY IN HER
RIGHT HAND 159 Unchanged from the time of Cleopatra . On the road to
Heliopolis . 174 PLOUGHING IN THE FAYUM This is called the Virgilian plough
in Italy , and ...
WOMAN HOLDING THE HUGE WOODEN EGYPTIAN DOOR - KEY IN HER
RIGHT HAND 159 Unchanged from the time of Cleopatra . On the road to
Heliopolis . 174 PLOUGHING IN THE FAYUM This is called the Virgilian plough
in Italy , and ...
Page xxiii
The right - hand Colossus is supposed to be “ The Vocal Statue of Memnon . "
They stood outside the mortuary temple of King Amen - hetep III . , which has now
disappeared . At high Nile the land on which they stand is inundated . 327 THE ...
The right - hand Colossus is supposed to be “ The Vocal Statue of Memnon . "
They stood outside the mortuary temple of King Amen - hetep III . , which has now
disappeared . At high Nile the land on which they stand is inundated . 327 THE ...
Page 6
This mosque , going back to the first century of Mohammedanism , is all that
remains of Al - Fustat , which was burnt by a twelfthcentury Caliph to prevent it
falling into the hands of the Crusaders . In the mounds of sand heaped upon its
ruins by ...
This mosque , going back to the first century of Mohammedanism , is all that
remains of Al - Fustat , which was burnt by a twelfthcentury Caliph to prevent it
falling into the hands of the Crusaders . In the mounds of sand heaped upon its
ruins by ...
Page 9
... mansion after mansion - fantastic creations , mostly like Ibrahim Agha's ( called
the Blue Mosque from the old Persian tiles which line its spacious sanctuary ) ,
mellowed by the hands of time and decay into lines of exquisite softness .
... mansion after mansion - fantastic creations , mostly like Ibrahim Agha's ( called
the Blue Mosque from the old Persian tiles which line its spacious sanctuary ) ,
mellowed by the hands of time and decay into lines of exquisite softness .
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| 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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