Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... least in part , if the experience is to bring us anything permanently worth while . I have therefore written what follows in the hope that what most of us visit in Egypt may be more readily comprehended , dealing only with the commoner ...
... least in part , if the experience is to bring us anything permanently worth while . I have therefore written what follows in the hope that what most of us visit in Egypt may be more readily comprehended , dealing only with the commoner ...
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... least he stick manfully to one spelling of a given word after once committing himself thereto , — a thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do . For the purposes of this book , therefore , I propose to ...
... least he stick manfully to one spelling of a given word after once committing himself thereto , — a thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do . For the purposes of this book , therefore , I propose to ...
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... least interesting phenomenon of the country . It may come from either desert — the Libyan , to the south- west , or the Arabian , to the east . In either case it is sure to be a hot wind , and the air is certain to be thick with the ...
... least interesting phenomenon of the country . It may come from either desert — the Libyan , to the south- west , or the Arabian , to the east . In either case it is sure to be a hot wind , and the air is certain to be thick with the ...
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... least , the most idyllic . The regular tourist steamer - whether it be Cook's or one of the others- is the most commonplace of all , and at the same time the most feasible for the vast majority of people traveling with limited sup ...
... least , the most idyllic . The regular tourist steamer - whether it be Cook's or one of the others- is the most commonplace of all , and at the same time the most feasible for the vast majority of people traveling with limited sup ...
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... least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is accustomed . It is always to be re- membered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and convenience of ordinary life , including many kinds of food , must be imported from ...
... least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is accustomed . It is always to be re- membered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and convenience of ordinary life , including many kinds of food , must be imported from ...
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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