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Frontispiece Part II 178 THE SPEOS ARTEMIDOS . . . . . 196 PROTODORIC
COLUMNS AT BENI HASSAN . . 196 WING AND WING . . . . . . . . 204 FAÇADE
OF TEMPLE AT DENDERA . . . . 212 BARRAGE AT ASSIUT , FROM ABOVE . . .
212.
Frontispiece Part II 178 THE SPEOS ARTEMIDOS . . . . . 196 PROTODORIC
COLUMNS AT BENI HASSAN . . 196 WING AND WING . . . . . . . . 204 FAÇADE
OF TEMPLE AT DENDERA . . . . 212 BARRAGE AT ASSIUT , FROM ABOVE . . .
212.
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Note here four lusty youths , clad all in that faded blue that is so effective on the
native of Cairo , who are braying mustard in a huge mortar . The latter is a stone
capital seemingly from an ancient column , it may be of Roman date , and its top ...
Note here four lusty youths , clad all in that faded blue that is so effective on the
native of Cairo , who are braying mustard in a huge mortar . The latter is a stone
capital seemingly from an ancient column , it may be of Roman date , and its top ...
Page 60
It is very large , and its columns are mainly ancient . In plan it is the usual hollow
square , with some connecting buildings on either side behind the usual liwans ,
or arcades , in which are offices , some sleeping - apartments and a library - the ...
It is very large , and its columns are mainly ancient . In plan it is the usual hollow
square , with some connecting buildings on either side behind the usual liwans ,
or arcades , in which are offices , some sleeping - apartments and a library - the ...
Page 84
Most of the columns which once graced its broad open court have disappeared
and are represented at present only by their bases . But on the western side of
the quadrangle there are still two perfect specimens - a pair of pillars closely set ...
Most of the columns which once graced its broad open court have disappeared
and are represented at present only by their bases . But on the western side of
the quadrangle there are still two perfect specimens - a pair of pillars closely set ...
Page 194
It is simply a great rockhewn chamber in the face of the mountain , with an
imposing portico graced with rude columns , but three of which remain , marked
with old cartouches of Thutmosis III and Seti I . The latter monarch , being much
later in ...
It is simply a great rockhewn chamber in the face of the mountain , with an
imposing portico graced with rude columns , but three of which remain , marked
with old cartouches of Thutmosis III and Seti I . The latter monarch , being much
later in ...
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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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