Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 33
... magnificent building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper correspondents as represent- ing the palace of the Khedive , which is not nearly so fine . If the way stations had been deserted ...
... magnificent building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper correspondents as represent- ing the palace of the Khedive , which is not nearly so fine . If the way stations had been deserted ...
Page 44
... magnificent attire , some in rags and some in velvet gowns , solicit pat- ronage right and left . A band of barbaric musicians accompanies the procession of one late returned from Mecca . A native funeral marches mournfully by , aged ...
... magnificent attire , some in rags and some in velvet gowns , solicit pat- ronage right and left . A band of barbaric musicians accompanies the procession of one late returned from Mecca . A native funeral marches mournfully by , aged ...
Page 51
... magnificent teeth in all the world . They chew bits of sugar - cane , which is said largely to account for the teeth . Their clothes are simple on the poorest a flowing robe of faded blue , a turban , some red or yellow shoes , and very ...
... magnificent teeth in all the world . They chew bits of sugar - cane , which is said largely to account for the teeth . Their clothes are simple on the poorest a flowing robe of faded blue , a turban , some red or yellow shoes , and very ...
Page 52
... magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every direction . A ...
... magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every direction . A ...
Page 53
... magnificent , like that huge sep- ulchral alabaster church of Mohammed Ali on the Citadel . Others are graceful , like the tomb - mosque of Kait Bey . But in the main all are alike , and if not all can be visited there is a certain ...
... magnificent , like that huge sep- ulchral alabaster church of Mohammed Ali on the Citadel . Others are graceful , like the tomb - mosque of Kait Bey . But in the main all are alike , and if not all can be visited there is a certain ...
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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