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242 HYPOSTYLE HALL , KARNAK . . GRAND COLONNADE , LUXOR . . . . . 246
PORTRAIT STATUE OF RAMESES II , LUXOR . . 248 VALLEY OF THE TOMBS ,
THEBES . . . . 256 TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE . 264 THE
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242 HYPOSTYLE HALL , KARNAK . . GRAND COLONNADE , LUXOR . . . . . 246
PORTRAIT STATUE OF RAMESES II , LUXOR . . 248 VALLEY OF THE TOMBS ,
THEBES . . . . 256 TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE . 264 THE
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... drew up at our desired haven , a dark house looming mysteriously out of a
fragrant garden . As the door opened , a silent Arab in white vanished through its
dimly lighted hall . 34 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... drew up at our desired haven , a dark house looming mysteriously out of a
fragrant garden . As the door opened , a silent Arab in white vanished through its
dimly lighted hall . 34 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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Arab in white vanished through its dimly lighted hall . So this was Egypt — at last !
We had been spared the sensation to which so many confess on being
precipitated from the train into Cairo by the garish light of broad day - a sensation
of ...
Arab in white vanished through its dimly lighted hall . So this was Egypt — at last !
We had been spared the sensation to which so many confess on being
precipitated from the train into Cairo by the garish light of broad day - a sensation
of ...
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... rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect .
Backsheesh must be bestowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every
mosque that is much frequented . Each has its separate 52 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect .
Backsheesh must be bestowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every
mosque that is much frequented . Each has its separate 52 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 77
Carved stone pulpits like this — simply a lofty platform at the top of an imposing
flight of steps — are common in all Cairo mosques , and I suppose in mosques
everywhere . But few are finer than this in Barkuk ' s spacious halls , and it will ...
Carved stone pulpits like this — simply a lofty platform at the top of an imposing
flight of steps — are common in all Cairo mosques , and I suppose in mosques
everywhere . But few are finer than this in Barkuk ' s spacious halls , and it will ...
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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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