Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 33
... building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper correspondents as represent- ing the palace of the Khedive , which is not nearly so fine . If the way stations had been deserted , this one ...
... building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper correspondents as represent- ing the palace of the Khedive , which is not nearly so fine . If the way stations had been deserted , this one ...
Page 34
... buildings , across squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por- tals crowned with majestic bronze lions . The river flowed muddily below , giving ...
... buildings , across squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por- tals crowned with majestic bronze lions . The river flowed muddily below , giving ...
Page 35
... station into a square seemingly European , with a throng of cabs , a passing multi- tude of people , electric lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
... station into a square seemingly European , with a throng of cabs , a passing multi- tude of people , electric lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
Page 39
... build- ing and follow a paved path , sore beset by maimed , halt , and blind . From here the entire town lies un- folded to your view , its close - packed houses broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and ...
... build- ing and follow a paved path , sore beset by maimed , halt , and blind . From here the entire town lies un- folded to your view , its close - packed houses broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and ...
Page 42
... 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 rugs ...
... 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 rugs ...
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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