Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 8
... cliffs and whirls across the waters and the narrow plain . It is scarcely more depressing than its blood- brother , the scirocco ; and is it not one of the things that one goes out to Egypt " for to see " ? Shall we condemn the rose for ...
... cliffs and whirls across the waters and the narrow plain . It is scarcely more depressing than its blood- brother , the scirocco ; and is it not one of the things that one goes out to Egypt " for to see " ? Shall we condemn the rose for ...
Page 35
... cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert setting . The pyra- mids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind a foreground of waving palms . It is almost a pity not to have this the first view of Cairo - the ...
... cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert setting . The pyra- mids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind a foreground of waving palms . It is almost a pity not to have this the first view of Cairo - the ...
Page 40
... cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for bar- racks resembling those one sees ...
... cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for bar- racks resembling those one sees ...
Page 41
... cliffs behind . That , however , is a journey by itself . For the present be content with an inspec- tion of the mosque of Mohammed Ali — and then go down to meet Cairo at close grips . - - It is a showy mosque , built in a manner ...
... cliffs behind . That , however , is a journey by itself . For the present be content with an inspec- tion of the mosque of Mohammed Ali — and then go down to meet Cairo at close grips . - - It is a showy mosque , built in a manner ...
Page 71
... cliffs , the outposts of the Libyan Desert . Here is the suburb of Ghizeh , the location of a botanical garden and a most admir- able zoo . Here also begins the road to the great pyramids , of which more will be said later . As for the ...
... cliffs , the outposts of the Libyan Desert . Here is the suburb of Ghizeh , the location of a botanical garden and a most admir- able zoo . Here also begins the road to the great pyramids , of which more will be said later . As for the ...
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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