Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 7
... the fact that it is most to be dreaded in March , at which season it seems to be most oppressive as well as most persistent . The first genuine khamasin generally suffices to start the tour- ists homeward SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 7.
... the fact that it is most to be dreaded in March , at which season it seems to be most oppressive as well as most persistent . The first genuine khamasin generally suffices to start the tour- ists homeward SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 7.
Page 8
... March the hostelries of the upper Nile resorts are sadly depopulated and , indeed , mainly closed . Nothing more trying than a furious and long - continued dust- storm could well be found in all the traditional plagues of Egypt , but ...
... March the hostelries of the upper Nile resorts are sadly depopulated and , indeed , mainly closed . Nothing more trying than a furious and long - continued dust- storm could well be found in all the traditional plagues of Egypt , but ...
Page 14
... March . Moreover the heat begins early in Upper Egypt , and with the heat come the most annoying of Egypt's lesser plagues , -the flies . A fly - whisk , such as may be had at any corner , becomes as imperative as a hat- which brings us ...
... March . Moreover the heat begins early in Upper Egypt , and with the heat come the most annoying of Egypt's lesser plagues , -the flies . A fly - whisk , such as may be had at any corner , becomes as imperative as a hat- which brings us ...
Page 70
... especially pleasant may be doubted , although it is doubtless free and easy . The chief difficulty comes with the rapid falling of the river in late March , when it is necessary to pole the boats away from the bank in 70 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... especially pleasant may be doubted , although it is doubtless free and easy . The chief difficulty comes with the rapid falling of the river in late March , when it is necessary to pole the boats away from the bank in 70 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 109
... march and southward retreat seem not entirely unconnected with the rise and fall of the life - giving river , — as Herodotus himself observed , -what more natural than that men should ascribe to him the supreme power ? But their ...
... march and southward retreat seem not entirely unconnected with the rise and fall of the life - giving river , — as Herodotus himself observed , -what more natural than that men should ascribe to him the supreme power ? But their ...
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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