Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 15
... course , in Cairo , where any reliable apothecary will also supply a small bottle of soothing lotion for the eyes , a thing which those familiar with the shifting sands of Egypt always insist strongly upon as a very wise precaution . As ...
... course , in Cairo , where any reliable apothecary will also supply a small bottle of soothing lotion for the eyes , a thing which those familiar with the shifting sands of Egypt always insist strongly upon as a very wise precaution . As ...
Page 39
... course their presence is absolutely needless and their impor- tunity unwelcome . Therefore drive them off at any cost . Your first experience of Cairo ought not to be marred by the presence of any babbling attendant , full of lies and ...
... course their presence is absolutely needless and their impor- tunity unwelcome . Therefore drive them off at any cost . Your first experience of Cairo ought not to be marred by the presence of any babbling attendant , full of lies and ...
Page 40
... course they have selected the most imposing depth of all for the point at which the bold Mameluke sprang with his steed . No wonder Saladin , who was not mindful of the advent of artillery , chose the spot for his fortress in the long ...
... course they have selected the most imposing depth of all for the point at which the bold Mameluke sprang with his steed . No wonder Saladin , who was not mindful of the advent of artillery , chose the spot for his fortress in the long ...
Page 52
... course , in spite of its enormous difference from the life of the Occident . - Of course Cairo boasts innumerable mosques , and equally of course the visitor within her gates must see most of these , if not all . They are all very much ...
... course , in spite of its enormous difference from the life of the Occident . - Of course Cairo boasts innumerable mosques , and equally of course the visitor within her gates must see most of these , if not all . They are all very much ...
Page 53
... course . They differ so little - yet are so different . Each has its especial claim to notice . They are scattered all over that crowded eastern quarter , and are in many cases so obscurely set that it is difficult to find them without ...
... course . They differ so little - yet are so different . Each has its especial claim to notice . They are scattered all over that crowded eastern quarter , and are in many cases so obscurely set that it is difficult to find them without ...
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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