Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 10
... Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad general choice between rail and water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or ...
... Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad general choice between rail and water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or ...
Page 15
... donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a riding - costume es- pecially designed for the purpose , the effect is natur- ally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen better days ...
... donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a riding - costume es- pecially designed for the purpose , the effect is natur- ally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen better days ...
Page 38
... donkeys , are forced to make a rather circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate which opens directly above the lit- tle round plaza where the tramway ends - and it is so far the best way that one ...
... donkeys , are forced to make a rather circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate which opens directly above the lit- tle round plaza where the tramway ends - and it is so far the best way that one ...
Page 45
... donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn , latticed windows , dusky shops , wayside kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a vista opens up - a ...
... donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn , latticed windows , dusky shops , wayside kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a vista opens up - a ...
Page 46
... donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through the press with warning shouts destined to become thoroughly familiar " Ah - riglak ! " ( Mind ...
... donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through the press with warning shouts destined to become thoroughly familiar " Ah - riglak ! " ( Mind ...
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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