Queer Things about EgyptJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 428 pages |
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Page ix
... rock . It would be worth while going to Egypt , were it only to see the tombs of the Pharaohs at Thebes , and of their viziers at Memphis , which have the whole life of ancient Egypt illuminated on their smooth limestone walls , and ...
... rock . It would be worth while going to Egypt , were it only to see the tombs of the Pharaohs at Thebes , and of their viziers at Memphis , which have the whole life of ancient Egypt illuminated on their smooth limestone walls , and ...
Page xxi
... rocks of the exterior , with their noble architectural effects , are little less marvellous than the tombs , some of them as long as a great cathedral , hewn into the heart of the close white limestone , as finely grained as marble ...
... rocks of the exterior , with their noble architectural effects , are little less marvellous than the tombs , some of them as long as a great cathedral , hewn into the heart of the close white limestone , as finely grained as marble ...
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... rocks scarped until they are almost steeper than the wall . This was the scene of the famous massacre of the Mamelukes - the turbulent barons in armour , each with his commando of armed re- tainers , who were no doubt only waiting for ...
... rocks scarped until they are almost steeper than the wall . This was the scene of the famous massacre of the Mamelukes - the turbulent barons in armour , each with his commando of armed re- tainers , who were no doubt only waiting for ...
Page 3
... rocks and walls . But one survived , and he did not take the famous Mameluke leap from the Citadel walls , though he may have galloped off to Syria when he found himself shut outside , while his kins- men were being massacred within ...
... rocks and walls . But one survived , and he did not take the famous Mameluke leap from the Citadel walls , though he may have galloped off to Syria when he found himself shut outside , while his kins- men were being massacred within ...
Page 26
... Rock thrice , and please beg the ' Headmaster ' to throw out the punishment sheet in which my name is written , because this is very bad for future , and if my father know this matter will be angry from me , then please do what is kind ...
... Rock thrice , and please beg the ' Headmaster ' to throw out the punishment sheet in which my name is written , because this is very bad for future , and if my father know this matter will be angry from me , then please do what is kind ...
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