Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... lies , whose frown And wrinkl'd lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive , stamp'd on these lifeless things , The hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; And on the ...
... lies , whose frown And wrinkl'd lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive , stamp'd on these lifeless things , The hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; And on the ...
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... lying oasis of Khargeh , which may yet become a spot of com- mon visitation . But apart from these , the visitor will have practically no alternatives save such as are pre- sented by a limited choice of means ... lies the SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 9.
... lying oasis of Khargeh , which may yet become a spot of com- mon visitation . But apart from these , the visitor will have practically no alternatives save such as are pre- sented by a limited choice of means ... lies the SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 9.
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Philip Sanford Marden. dawning civilization , and there to - day lies the best of Egypt . Now the ways of visiting the Nile Valley are chiefly these : One may go from Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of ...
Philip Sanford Marden. dawning civilization , and there to - day lies the best of Egypt . Now the ways of visiting the Nile Valley are chiefly these : One may go from Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of ...
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... lying shores , a delay made necessary by the tumultuous heaving of the ocean . Smaller vessels ventured in and out through the nar- row jaws of the breakwater , but for our steamer of many thousand tons no such hazard was deemed ad ...
... lying shores , a delay made necessary by the tumultuous heaving of the ocean . Smaller vessels ventured in and out through the nar- row jaws of the breakwater , but for our steamer of many thousand tons no such hazard was deemed ad ...
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... of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
... of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
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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