Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... CAIRO IV . IN AND ABOUT CAIRO V. THE OLD RELIGION · VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT • VII . THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH VIII . THE TOMBS OF SAKKÂRA PART II A NOTEBOOK OF THE NILE IX . UP THE NILE TO BENI HASSAN X. ASSIUT · XI . ON TO DENDERA XII ...
... CAIRO IV . IN AND ABOUT CAIRO V. THE OLD RELIGION · VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT • VII . THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH VIII . THE TOMBS OF SAKKÂRA PART II A NOTEBOOK OF THE NILE IX . UP THE NILE TO BENI HASSAN X. ASSIUT · XI . ON TO DENDERA XII ...
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... CAIRO IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS • THE TOMB MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY IN THE TOMB MOSQUE OF SULTAN BARKUK DIORITE STATUE OF KHEPHRÊN • 38 46 · 72 76 76 88 WOODEN STATUE OF THE " SHEKH EL - BELED " . 96 SECTION AND PLAN OF ...
... CAIRO IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS • THE TOMB MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY IN THE TOMB MOSQUE OF SULTAN BARKUK DIORITE STATUE OF KHEPHRÊN • 38 46 · 72 76 76 88 WOODEN STATUE OF THE " SHEKH EL - BELED " . 96 SECTION AND PLAN OF ...
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... Cairo , or on the upper river . It is common to refer to the climate of Egypt as rainless , and to all intents and purposes that is true . Like all generalizations , however , it is dangerous . It may rain as hard in Cairo as in any ...
... Cairo , or on the upper river . It is common to refer to the climate of Egypt as rainless , and to all intents and purposes that is true . Like all generalizations , however , it is dangerous . It may rain as hard in Cairo as in any ...
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... Cairo to the Second Cataract . By far the greatest number are content to go no farther south than Assuan , even though thereby one is forced to miss the famous rock - temple of Abu Simbel . On the whole , indeed , that is enough . In ...
... Cairo to the Second Cataract . By far the greatest number are content to go no farther south than Assuan , even though thereby one is forced to miss the famous rock - temple of Abu Simbel . On the whole , indeed , that is enough . In ...
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... Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of convey- ance on the river ; or , if desirable , these two modes of travel may be combined . But that completes the list of alternatives . No highroads exist in Egypt ...
... Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of convey- ance on the river ; or , if desirable , these two modes of travel may be combined . But that completes the list of alternatives . No highroads exist in Egypt ...
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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 Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor 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 Ptolemaic 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 street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship