Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 17
... actual suzerainty , virtually protects the country , and to some extent rules it , inasmuch as her resident " agent " has cer- tain ultimate powers over the official acts of the Khedive's ministers , and doubtless might , if an issue ...
... actual suzerainty , virtually protects the country , and to some extent rules it , inasmuch as her resident " agent " has cer- tain ultimate powers over the official acts of the Khedive's ministers , and doubtless might , if an issue ...
Page 42
... actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within , the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is carpeted with thick ...
... actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within , the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is carpeted with thick ...
Page 64
... actual fact the fathers of families . So it is doubtless more correct and rather less profane to stick to " Yalla " - which is the equivalent of " Get along with you ! " The Arabic " no " is shortly and simply " la " which , to be ...
... actual fact the fathers of families . So it is doubtless more correct and rather less profane to stick to " Yalla " - which is the equivalent of " Get along with you ! " The Arabic " no " is shortly and simply " la " which , to be ...
Page 67
... actual division of the river into its two great branches , the Rosetta and Damietta , lies something like fourteen miles below the city in the neighborhood of the first of the great barrages . But roughly speaking , the capital city ...
... actual division of the river into its two great branches , the Rosetta and Damietta , lies something like fourteen miles below the city in the neighborhood of the first of the great barrages . But roughly speaking , the capital city ...
Page 74
... actual tombs of the Caliphs , a few are so closely hedged about by the hovels and modern cemeteries of the vicinity that they are not especially easy to find ; but once found , they well repay the effort . For example , Kait Bey's ...
... actual tombs of the Caliphs , a few are so closely hedged about by the hovels and modern cemeteries of the vicinity that they are not especially easy to find ; but once found , they well repay the effort . For example , Kait Bey's ...
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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