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Page 26
The erection of the dam at Assuan , for example , while it has already added to
the productive territory of Egypt an area not far from the size of Rhode Island , has
seriously impaired the store of priceless antiquities that form a most important ...
The erection of the dam at Assuan , for example , while it has already added to
the productive territory of Egypt an area not far from the size of Rhode Island , has
seriously impaired the store of priceless antiquities that form a most important ...
Page 36
... the Ezbekiyeh Gardens * form the centre of Cairo and consider only a few of
the important highways that diverge from this vicinity . The street already
mentioned is , perhaps , the most important to start with . It runs north 36
EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... the Ezbekiyeh Gardens * form the centre of Cairo and consider only a few of
the important highways that diverge from this vicinity . The street already
mentioned is , perhaps , the most important to start with . It runs north 36
EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 37
the most important to start with . It runs north and south , roughly parallel with the
river , but a good mile from it . It is the great centre of activity for all travelers . In it
are the principal shops . Through it passes every visitor in town every day of his ...
the most important to start with . It runs north and south , roughly parallel with the
river , but a good mile from it . It is the great centre of activity for all travelers . In it
are the principal shops . Through it passes every visitor in town every day of his ...
Page 42
The other three sides of the court are apparently of no great importance . Within ,
the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is carpeted
with thick rugs , and heavy curtains are hung all about . Great chandeliers ...
The other three sides of the court are apparently of no great importance . Within ,
the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is carpeted
with thick rugs , and heavy curtains are hung all about . Great chandeliers ...
Page 57
From this it resulted that the eastern arcade became of major importance in all
the mosques of the western district , and gradually that side of the court was
amplified and extended , quite overshadowing the others , which became of very
small ...
From this it resulted that the eastern arcade became of major importance in all
the mosques of the western district , and gradually that side of the court was
amplified and extended , quite overshadowing the others , which became of very
small ...
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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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