Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 25
... face of the bank may pass it on to still another - and so on until it reaches the top . In the lower stages of the river , four or even five shadoufs may be necessary to com- plete the lifting . These continue to be very common despite ...
... face of the bank may pass it on to still another - and so on until it reaches the top . In the lower stages of the river , four or even five shadoufs may be necessary to com- plete the lifting . These continue to be very common despite ...
Page 26
... faces a door that was just giv- ing a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration . The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un ...
... faces a door that was just giv- ing a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration . The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un ...
Page 76
... faces the open desert where the spin- ners are racing back and forth . You enter it through an imposing portal and traverse a long and gloomy corridor before you emerge in the broad open court . The latter is flanked with the usual ...
... faces the open desert where the spin- ners are racing back and forth . You enter it through an imposing portal and traverse a long and gloomy corridor before you emerge in the broad open court . The latter is flanked with the usual ...
Page 79
... face of the desert . In due time - it is not far you will come to a sharp ascent along a causeway which leads directly to the top of the cliffs . Parts of it have fallen away , so that it is no longer possible to ride all the distance ...
... face of the desert . In due time - it is not far you will come to a sharp ascent along a causeway which leads directly to the top of the cliffs . Parts of it have fallen away , so that it is no longer possible to ride all the distance ...
Page 81
... faces the old river has eaten its way in ages gone , forbid as they allure . Change as they may in the waning light , from the pale yellow of high noon to the rich tints of the rainbow in the afterglow of sun- set , they are pallid ...
... faces the old river has eaten its way in ages gone , forbid as they allure . Change as they may in the waning light , from the pale yellow of high noon to the rich tints of the rainbow in the afterglow of sun- set , they are pallid ...
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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