Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 8
... broad open plains of the Delta , Egypt is nothing but an attenuated rib- bon of vivid green , winding down for something like a thousand miles through an illimitable and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as ...
... broad open plains of the Delta , Egypt is nothing but an attenuated rib- bon of vivid green , winding down for something like a thousand miles through an illimitable and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as ...
Page 10
... broad general choice between rail and water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or three lines of regular steamers , the old - fashioned sailing dahabiyeh , or the specially chartered private steamboat . The last ...
... broad general choice between rail and water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or three lines of regular steamers , the old - fashioned sailing dahabiyeh , or the specially chartered private steamboat . The last ...
Page 32
... broad , fan - shaped deposit of upland mud , the Nile is a much- divided and subdivided stream - an extraordinary river , reversing all our notions of river life . For it is actually smaller at its mouth than in its middle reaches ! No ...
... broad , fan - shaped deposit of upland mud , the Nile is a much- divided and subdivided stream - an extraordinary river , reversing all our notions of river life . For it is actually smaller at its mouth than in its middle reaches ! No ...
Page 35
... broad day — a sens- ation of partial disappointment which is the keener when one's appetite has been whetted for something rich and strange . It must be admitted that the im- mediate surroundings of the railway terminal are not ...
... broad day — a sens- ation of partial disappointment which is the keener when one's appetite has been whetted for something rich and strange . It must be admitted that the im- mediate surroundings of the railway terminal are not ...
Page 42
... broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great ...
... broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great ...
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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