Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . SHELLEY PREFACE HE primary object of this book is to be.
... Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . SHELLEY PREFACE HE primary object of this book is to be.
Page 40
... look out of its narrow postern , the cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for ...
... look out of its narrow postern , the cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for ...
Page 49
... reblocking of tarbushes . It looks like a brass cook - stove adorned with huge , brazen dinner - bells , but if you watch you will see that each - dinner - bell takes apart and that on the MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 49.
... reblocking of tarbushes . It looks like a brass cook - stove adorned with huge , brazen dinner - bells , but if you watch you will see that each - dinner - bell takes apart and that on the MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 49.
Page 50
... looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and each has laid a violent hand on the other's robe . Presently they will pull — if it is a real fight- and one may get his robe torn ; but it is likely to end there . Fights in ...
... looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and each has laid a violent hand on the other's robe . Presently they will pull — if it is a real fight- and one may get his robe torn ; but it is likely to end there . Fights in ...
Page 72
... looks as if he knew it . He is the most gro- tesque creature in the world , and at the same time stately enough for a khedive . At rest , which is most of the time , he is irresistible . On the walk he is simply , outrageously , and ...
... looks as if he knew it . He is the most gro- tesque creature in the world , and at the same time stately enough for a khedive . At rest , which is most of the time , he is irresistible . On the walk he is simply , outrageously , and ...
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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