Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... called because it blows most fiercely during " the Christian fast , " or Lent , which they apparently conceive to be about fifty days long . But it is quite capable of blowing at other seasons , and its name may be set down to the fact ...
... called because it blows most fiercely during " the Christian fast , " or Lent , which they apparently conceive to be about fifty days long . But it is quite capable of blowing at other seasons , and its name may be set down to the fact ...
Page 8
... illimitable and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as thirty miles in breadth , and beyond whose edges the ordinary traveler is never called upon to go . For the tourist , Egypt means simply the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... illimitable and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as thirty miles in breadth , and beyond whose edges the ordinary traveler is never called upon to go . For the tourist , Egypt means simply the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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... called the " British Agent , " who is osten- sibly no more than an envoy extraordinary such as any country maintains at a foreign court . She maintains an army of occupation which seems more likely to be increased than diminished ...
... called the " British Agent , " who is osten- sibly no more than an envoy extraordinary such as any country maintains at a foreign court . She maintains an army of occupation which seems more likely to be increased than diminished ...
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... . The former , an illustration of which is given here , is locally known as the " sakiyeh " ; the latter and decidedly the more common in Upper Egypt , is SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf 24 EGYPTIAN DAYS A SAKIYEH.
... . The former , an illustration of which is given here , is locally known as the " sakiyeh " ; the latter and decidedly the more common in Upper Egypt , is SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf 24 EGYPTIAN DAYS A SAKIYEH.
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Philip Sanford Marden. SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf . " I have not been.
Philip Sanford Marden. SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf . " I have not been.
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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