Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 12
... living of almost any kind is dear such living , at 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 ...
... living of almost any kind is dear such living , at 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 ...
Page 26
... living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration . The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient ...
... living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration . The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient ...
Page 38
... . The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL HILLS MOKATTAM CITADEL MOSQUE 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... . The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL HILLS MOKATTAM CITADEL MOSQUE 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 44
... living the simple life after its own interpreta- tion of the same , you must cross the European zone that lies nearest the Nile running north and south , dodge around the painfully modern bulk of the opera house 44 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... living the simple life after its own interpreta- tion of the same , you must cross the European zone that lies nearest the Nile running north and south , dodge around the painfully modern bulk of the opera house 44 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 68
... . Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district , a familiarity with the bridge time- table 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... . Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district , a familiarity with the bridge time- table 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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