Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to the resident urban popula- tion . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad ...
... towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to the resident urban popula- tion . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad ...
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... town called , by some happy and appropriate chance , Dam- an - hour . It was a considerable place , glimmering whitely in the moonlight ; but its station was deserted save for a few shrouded and hooded shapes who stole silently up and ...
... town called , by some happy and appropriate chance , Dam- an - hour . It was a considerable place , glimmering whitely in the moonlight ; but its station was deserted save for a few shrouded and hooded shapes who stole silently up and ...
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... town , one gazes upon a truly satisfying vision — a great white city dominated by a frowning fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert ...
... town , one gazes upon a truly satisfying vision — a great white city dominated by a frowning fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert ...
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... town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river . These are the Sharia Boulac , with its tram line , which leads to the Ghezireh ferry and the new bridge soon to be completed ; the Sharia ...
... town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river . These are the Sharia Boulac , with its tram line , which leads to the Ghezireh ferry and the new bridge soon to be completed ; the Sharia ...
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... town and the most grandly imposing in itself . From its height you may see all the city spread out like a scroll . Nor is it difficult to reach , for the key to it is Mohammed Ali's long , straight highway , and a tram line leads ...
... town and the most grandly imposing in itself . From its height you may see all the city spread out like a scroll . Nor is it difficult to reach , for the key to it is Mohammed Ali's long , straight highway , and a tram line leads ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Hassan Hatasu Hathor history of Egypt Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemies pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship
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Page 103 - Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner. When they have charged their syringes with oil made from cedar, they fill the abdomen of the corpse without making any incision or taking out the bowels, but inject it at the fundament ; and having prevented the injection from escaping, they steep the body in natrum for the prescribed number of days, and on the last day they let out from the abdomen the oil of cedar which they had before injected, and...
Page 103 - ... infusion of drugs. Then with a sharp Ethiopian stone they make an incision in the side and take out all the bowels; and having cleansed the abdomen and rinsed it with palm-wine, they next sprinkle it with pounded perfumes. Then, having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again; and when they have done this they steep it in natrum, leaving it under for seventy days ; for a longer time than this it is not lawful to steep...
Page 103 - First they draw out the brains through the nostrils with an iron hook, taking part of it out in this manner, the rest by the infusion of drugs. Then with a sharp Ethiopian stone they make an incision in the side, and take out all the bowels; and having cleansed the abdomen and rinsed it with palm wine, they next sprinkle it with pounded perfumes. Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again; and when they have done...
Page 103 - Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again ; and when they have done this, they steep it in natrum, leaving it under for seventy days ; for a longer time than this it is not lawful to steep it. At the expiration of the seventy days they wash the corpse, and wrap the whole body in bandages of flaxen cloth, smearing it with gum, which the Egyptians commonly use instead of glue. After this the relations, having taken...
Page 104 - ... from escaping, they steep the body in natrum for the prescribed number of days, and on the last day they let out from the abdomen the oil of cedar which they had before injected, and it has such power that it brings away the intestines and vitals in a state of dissolution ; the natrum dissolves the flesh, and nothing of the body remains but the skin and the bones.
Page 104 - ... which they had before injected, and it has such power that it brings away the intestines and vitals in a state of dissolution ; the natrum dissolves the flesh, and nothing of the body remains but the skin and the bones. When they have done this they return the body without any further operation.
Page 56 - ... window-ledge just over the spot where condemned criminals were wont to be garroted in the brave days of old, intent on securing a picture of the old gate, the Red Mosque behind, the stream of passing traffic below, and the soaring minaret above, — but all in vain. It was a dismal failure. In no city are street scenes more difficult to photograph than in Cairo, where the upper air is so brilliant and the lower levels so shrouded in shadow.
Page 186 - I fancy this occasional contact with the African continent under our feet will become so common an occurrence that we shall soon pay little heed to it.