The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt

Abû Abydos Alexandria Åmen Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Arabs Aswân Atbara Barrage Berber Blue Nile British building built Cairo called canal capital Cataract chamber chapel Christians church columns Coptic Copts corvée dead Dêr Dervishes desert east excavations famous feet Gebel Gebel Barkal gods granite Greek Hathor hieroglyphic Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak Kharțûm king Lake land large number Luxor Mahdî Mariette Memphis Meroë metres miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadans mummy Museum Napata Nekht Nile nome Nubia Oasis Omdurmân Osiris papyrus Pâshâ period Philæ pillars priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid railway Rameses Rameses II reign river Roman royal ruins Sawâkin scenes Seti shrine side statue stele stone Sûdân Suez Sulțân suten temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen walls west bank White Nile worship XIIth dynasty XVIIIth