Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 33
... Cairo host , " the Hak- kim " - blessed man ! -who had left his warm fire- side in the Ghezireh to meet us in the dead of night . were gone , A wandering porter informed us that no luggage would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
... Cairo host , " the Hak- kim " - blessed man ! -who had left his warm fire- side in the Ghezireh to meet us in the dead of night . were gone , A wandering porter informed us that no luggage would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
Page 73
... No cemetery that I know so nearly merits the name of a necro- polis - a city of the dead . Scattered among these , and lying also in detached 1 I ་ magnificence to the northward along the surface of the desert IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 73.
... No cemetery that I know so nearly merits the name of a necro- polis - a city of the dead . Scattered among these , and lying also in detached 1 I ་ magnificence to the northward along the surface of the desert IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 73.
Page 82
... dead- ness that surrounds the receding procession of the pyramids . But as one looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing ...
... dead- ness that surrounds the receding procession of the pyramids . But as one looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing ...
Page 90
... dead . And is it not fitting that it should be so ? I cannot but feel something near allied to pity for these world - worn , war - scarred monarchs , dragged from the deep sepulchres in which they plotted to slumber for all eternity ...
... dead . And is it not fitting that it should be so ? I cannot but feel something near allied to pity for these world - worn , war - scarred monarchs , dragged from the deep sepulchres in which they plotted to slumber for all eternity ...
Page 91
... dead and turned to clay , here present in the body as when they were laid to rest , and bearing on their blackened faces some image of the vanished soul . Men may differ as they will in their estimates of Greek and Egyptian art . They ...
... dead and turned to clay , here present in the body as when they were laid to rest , and bearing on their blackened faces some image of the vanished soul . Men may differ as they will in their estimates of Greek and Egyptian art . They ...
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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