Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... Nile valley and rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
... Nile valley and rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
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Philip Sanford Marden. the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an indiscretion in a layman , but one which seemed to me essential to my general purpose . I say all this at the outset , not to disarm criticism , but simply to ...
Philip Sanford Marden. the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an indiscretion in a layman , but one which seemed to me essential to my general purpose . I say all this at the outset , not to disarm criticism , but simply to ...
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... doubtless the most thoroughly comfortable of all , and is by the same token the most expensive . The sail- ing dahabiyeh is , in theory at least , the most idyllic . The regular tourist steamer - whether it be Cook's or one of the ...
... doubtless the most thoroughly comfortable of all , and is by the same token the most expensive . The sail- ing dahabiyeh is , in theory at least , the most idyllic . The regular tourist steamer - whether it be Cook's or one of the ...
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... doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for visiting any other country ; to wit , go to Egypt just as you would go anywhere else , guided by your native com- mon sense . Unless you venture into Egypt later than March , it is ...
... doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for visiting any other country ; to wit , go to Egypt just as you would go anywhere else , guided by your native com- mon sense . Unless you venture into Egypt later than March , it is ...
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... doubtless might , if an issue were ever to be forced , compel the resignation of such ministers as did not readily coincide with Brit- ish policy . The common assumption that Egypt is a form of British colony , while inexact and ...
... doubtless might , if an issue were ever to be forced , compel the resignation of such ministers as did not readily coincide with Brit- ish policy . The common assumption that Egypt is a form of British colony , while inexact and ...
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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