Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 18
... court . She maintains an army of occupation which seems more likely to be increased than diminished , under the direction of the Sirdar . There is also an Egyptian army , largely under English direction . Thus the government both civil ...
... court . She maintains an army of occupation which seems more likely to be increased than diminished , under the direction of the Sirdar . There is also an Egyptian army , largely under English direction . Thus the government both civil ...
Page 41
... court . Once , I suppose , the Christian dogs had to unshoe themselves as well , but it has been discovered that Occidental curiosity is fully equal to paying a piastre for yellow overshoes that flap , and come untied , and get ...
... court . Once , I suppose , the Christian dogs had to unshoe themselves as well , but it has been discovered that Occidental curiosity is fully equal to paying a piastre for yellow overshoes that flap , and come untied , and get ...
Page 42
... court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within ...
... court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within ...
Page 52
... court , arcaded on each side , with the chief sanc- tuary always on the east . A deep niche in the wall , inlaid with magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel ...
... court , arcaded on each side , with the chief sanc- tuary always on the east . A deep niche in the wall , inlaid with magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel ...
Page 55
... court which , as usual in such buildings , is open to the sky . On its four sides - as always are the " liwans , " or covered courts ; and in the centre is the inevitable fount for ablutions . Islam demands that if one be clean of body ...
... court which , as usual in such buildings , is open to the sky . On its four sides - as always are the " liwans , " or covered courts ; and in the centre is the inevitable fount for ablutions . Islam demands that if one be clean of body ...
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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