Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 13
... especially by the Amer- ican , thanks to the similarity in size and value that exists between the piastre with its various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no other country is the local money so ...
... especially by the Amer- ican , thanks to the similarity in size and value that exists between the piastre with its various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no other country is the local money so ...
Page 26
... reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 27
... especially the plural , Berberin , may be recognized as another name de- rived from the Greek of Bápßapoi - i.e. , " Barba- βάρβαροι rians , " or Uitlanders . The majority of servants in Cairo households , I am MODERN EGYPT 27.
... especially the plural , Berberin , may be recognized as another name de- rived from the Greek of Bápßapoi - i.e. , " Barba- βάρβαροι rians , " or Uitlanders . The majority of servants in Cairo households , I am MODERN EGYPT 27.
Page 50
... especially efficient . Yonder is an incipient street fight . It looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and each has laid a violent hand on the other's robe . Presently they will pull — if it is a real fight- and one ...
... especially efficient . Yonder is an incipient street fight . It looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and each has laid a violent hand on the other's robe . Presently they will pull — if it is a real fight- and one ...
Page 63
... be amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
... be amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
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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