Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... HALL , KARNAK • 212 • . 224 236 · 240 · 242 • 242 • 246 248 · 256 · 264 272 GRAND COLONNADE , LUXOR PORTRAIT STATUE OF RAMESES II , LUXOR VALLEY OF THE TOMBS , THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES ...
... HALL , KARNAK • 212 • . 224 236 · 240 · 242 • 242 • 246 248 · 256 · 264 272 GRAND COLONNADE , LUXOR PORTRAIT STATUE OF RAMESES II , LUXOR VALLEY OF THE TOMBS , THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES ...
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... And at the end the carriage 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.
... And at the end the carriage 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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Philip Sanford Marden. 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 ...
Philip Sanford Marden. 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 ...
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... rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect . Backsheesh must be be- stowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every mosque that is much frequented . Each has its sepa- 52 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect . Backsheesh must be be- stowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every mosque that is much frequented . Each has its sepa- 52 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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... halls , and it will serve admirably as a type of Moslem church furniture . Taken as a whole , there is no more thoroughly satisfying prospect in all Cairo than this little isolated group of tombs , a cluster of yellow mosques , backed ...
... halls , and it will serve admirably as a type of Moslem church furniture . Taken as a whole , there is no more thoroughly satisfying prospect in all Cairo than this little isolated group of tombs , a cluster of yellow mosques , backed ...
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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