Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 5
... idea of an undoubted personage , place , or period . With which prefatory statement , let me turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast ...
... idea of an undoubted personage , place , or period . With which prefatory statement , let me turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast ...
Page 11
... idea of it makes one's mouth water . Thus it was that Cleo- patra sailed this ancient stream and the very name of the craft means " golden . " Nevertheless I will not conceal from you the fact that the dahabiyeh has its drawbacks . The ...
... idea of it makes one's mouth water . Thus it was that Cleo- patra sailed this ancient stream and the very name of the craft means " golden . " Nevertheless I will not conceal from you the fact that the dahabiyeh has its drawbacks . The ...
Page 92
... , and the temples . Each species is so intimately connected with the religion of the ancient peoples and their ideas of the attributes of their gods that what is said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb THE OLD RELIGION.
... , and the temples . Each species is so intimately connected with the religion of the ancient peoples and their ideas of the attributes of their gods that what is said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb THE OLD RELIGION.
Page 98
... idea of a raised structure , which preserved the general form of the sand - dune , but made it permanent by adding a low retaining - wall sloping gently inward toward the top . From this sprang the common " mastaba " tomb , so - called ...
... idea of a raised structure , which preserved the general form of the sand - dune , but made it permanent by adding a low retaining - wall sloping gently inward toward the top . From this sprang the common " mastaba " tomb , so - called ...
Page 110
... ideas of theological problems and its own nomenclature . But on the emergence of the nation as a bi - partite king- dom consisting of the South and the North , or of Valley and Delta , something like a coherent form begins to be ...
... ideas of theological problems and its own nomenclature . But on the emergence of the nation as a bi - partite king- dom consisting of the South and the North , or of Valley and Delta , something like a coherent form begins to be ...
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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