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Page xiii
There are thousands of natives in Cairo who have never heard of the Pharaohs
and the monuments of ancient Egypt . If you want to see Egypt pure and simple ,
naked and unashamed , you must go down into the Delta , or up into Upper Egypt
...
There are thousands of natives in Cairo who have never heard of the Pharaohs
and the monuments of ancient Egypt . If you want to see Egypt pure and simple ,
naked and unashamed , you must go down into the Delta , or up into Upper Egypt
...
Page xix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE BANNER OF THE PROPHET AT THE FEAST OF
BAIRAM Frontispiece FACING PAGE 4 OLD MAN PLAYING NATIVE LUTB IN
THE BAZARS AT CAIRO Native children behind him . THE AUTHOR IN HIS
ARAB ...
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE BANNER OF THE PROPHET AT THE FEAST OF
BAIRAM Frontispiece FACING PAGE 4 OLD MAN PLAYING NATIVE LUTB IN
THE BAZARS AT CAIRO Native children behind him . THE AUTHOR IN HIS
ARAB ...
Page 4
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. p . 4 ) [ p . 5 persecution and insult . They are.
OLD MAN PLAYING NATIVE LUTE IN THE BAZARS AT CAIRO . Native children
bshind him . THE AUTHOR IN HIS ARAB DRESS ,
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. p . 4 ) [ p . 5 persecution and insult . They are.
OLD MAN PLAYING NATIVE LUTE IN THE BAZARS AT CAIRO . Native children
bshind him . THE AUTHOR IN HIS ARAB DRESS ,
Page 5
But Mr. Ball , one of the most distinguished members of the Survey Department of
Egypt , in his report on the great Oasis points out that the word is also applied by
the natives to the Roman forts of the Oasis , which possess no trace of ever ...
But Mr. Ball , one of the most distinguished members of the Survey Department of
Egypt , in his report on the great Oasis points out that the word is also applied by
the natives to the Roman forts of the Oasis , which possess no trace of ever ...
Page 12
When Cromwell Rhodes had returned to England a Nekla correspondent sent
him the following account of what he aptly termed a “ strange event " : " While a
native from Kafr Awana , which is half a mile from Nekla , Behera , was fast
asleep in ...
When Cromwell Rhodes had returned to England a Nekla correspondent sent
him the following account of what he aptly termed a “ strange event " : " While a
native from Kafr Awana , which is half a mile from Nekla , Behera , was fast
asleep in ...
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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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