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Page 33
... Cairo host , “ the Hakkim ” — blessed man ! - who had side in the Ghezireh to
meet us in the dead of night . A wandering porter informed us that no luggage
would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
... Cairo host , “ the Hakkim ” — blessed man ! - who had side in the Ghezireh to
meet us in the dead of night . A wandering porter informed us that no luggage
would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
Page 73
... name of a necropolis - a city of the dead . Scattered among these , and lying
also in detached magnificence to the northward along the surface of the desert IN
AND ABOUT CAIRO 73.
... name of a necropolis - a city of the dead . Scattered among these , and lying
also in detached magnificence to the northward along the surface of the desert IN
AND ABOUT CAIRO 73.
Page 90
Over the bodies of the kings one speaks instinctively in a whisper , as at the bier
of one but newly 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 ...
Over the bodies of the kings one speaks instinctively in a whisper , as at the bier
of one but newly 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 ...
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
may ...
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
may ...
Page 104
And it is interesting to note that by this time the notion that the service of the dead
must be near the resting - place of the body had so far disappeared that the
mortuary temple could be several miles from the tomb without impairing its
efficiency ...
And it is interesting to note that by this time the notion that the service of the dead
must be near the resting - place of the body had so far disappeared that the
mortuary temple could be several miles from the tomb without impairing its
efficiency ...
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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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