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Page 52
... magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and
enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really
efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every direction . A magnificently
carved ...
... magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and
enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really
efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every direction . A magnificently
carved ...
Page 77
But the chief attraction , apart from the general appearance of the whole building ,
is a magnificently carved pulpit and a deep , inlaid prayer niche in the eastern
liwan . Carved stone pulpits like this — simply a lofty platform at the top of an ...
But the chief attraction , apart from the general appearance of the whole building ,
is a magnificently carved pulpit and a deep , inlaid prayer niche in the eastern
liwan . Carved stone pulpits like this — simply a lofty platform at the top of an ...
Page 89
stupendous whole , Cairo ' s collection of Egyptian antiquities is colossal and
overwhelming - statues , mummies , coffins , sarcophagi , scarabs , papyri ,
jewels , grave - furniture , stelæ , and carved inscriptions . If one facing such a
monument ...
stupendous whole , Cairo ' s collection of Egyptian antiquities is colossal and
overwhelming - statues , mummies , coffins , sarcophagi , scarabs , papyri ,
jewels , grave - furniture , stelæ , and carved inscriptions . If one facing such a
monument ...
Page 95
sel be doubly sure , a second body was laid to rest in the same tomb with the
mummy - a statue carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied ,
so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to dust , the ka might still
find ...
sel be doubly sure , a second body was laid to rest in the same tomb with the
mummy - a statue carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied ,
so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to dust , the ka might still
find ...
Page 97
Its wood is apparently as perfect now as when it was carved . Its aspect is that of
a living overseer , abroad in his plantations . Its eyes are astonishingly lifelike ,
and its close resemblance to the persistent type of Egyptian gave it the name ...
Its wood is apparently as perfect now as when it was carved . Its aspect is that of
a living overseer , abroad in his plantations . Its eyes are astonishingly lifelike ,
and its close resemblance to the persistent type of Egyptian gave it the name ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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