Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 31
... of the mouths of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
... of the mouths of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
Page 34
... close by the palm - clad bank . The city behind was crowned with a luminous haze from its multitude of lamps . The island of the Ghezireh before bulked large with its masses of black lebbakh trees against the star - lit sky . And at the ...
... close by the palm - clad bank . The city behind was crowned with a luminous haze from its multitude of lamps . The island of the Ghezireh before bulked large with its masses of black lebbakh trees against the star - lit sky . And at the ...
Page 39
... . 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 graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 39.
... . 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 graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 39.
Page 41
... close grips . - - It is a showy mosque , built in a manner unlike that which most such edifices affect . Its surface is of a coarse - grained yellow alabaster so distinctive in tone as to give to the mosque its colloquial name - the ...
... close grips . - - It is a showy mosque , built in a manner unlike that which most such edifices affect . Its surface is of a coarse - grained yellow alabaster so distinctive in tone as to give to the mosque its colloquial name - the ...
Page 43
... close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels , smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees - the most common ...
... close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels , smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees - the most common ...
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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