Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... common to refer to the climate of Egypt as rainless , and to all intents and purposes that is true . Like all generalizations , however , it is dangerous . It may rain as hard in Cairo as in any other city of the earth . Showers are not ...
... common to refer to the climate of Egypt as rainless , and to all intents and purposes that is true . Like all generalizations , however , it is dangerous . It may rain as hard in Cairo as in any other city of the earth . Showers are not ...
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... the popular choice , and , be it said , the perfectly satisfactory choice . I have small patience with the supercilious disdain which superior - - persons see fit to bestow on the common herd who SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT II.
... the popular choice , and , be it said , the perfectly satisfactory choice . I have small patience with the supercilious disdain which superior - - persons see fit to bestow on the common herd who SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT II.
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Philip Sanford Marden. persons see fit to bestow on the common herd who are forced to take their Egypt under the chaperonage of either of the well - appointed steamer companies that now exploit the Nile . For most of us there is no other ...
Philip Sanford Marden. persons see fit to bestow on the common herd who are forced to take their Egypt under the chaperonage of either of the well - appointed steamer companies that now exploit the Nile . For most of us there is no other ...
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... common in the month of March . Moreover the heat begins early in Upper Egypt , and with the heat come the most annoying of Egypt's lesser plagues , -the flies . A fly - whisk , such as may be had at any corner , becomes as imperative as ...
... common in the month of March . Moreover the heat begins early in Upper Egypt , and with the heat come the most annoying of Egypt's lesser plagues , -the flies . A fly - whisk , such as may be had at any corner , becomes as imperative as ...
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... common and universal queries of those who contemplate visiting Egypt for the first time . Having disposed of these , we may turn with lighter hearts to something vastly more interesting , to wit , to Egypt itself , its history , its ...
... common and universal queries of those who contemplate visiting Egypt for the first time . Having disposed of these , we may turn with lighter hearts to something vastly more interesting , to wit , to Egypt itself , its history , its ...
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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