Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 54
... marked by domes . Grandest and best of all the mosques in Cairo , though sadly ruined by time and now in the throes of restoration , is the huge and hoary mosque of Sul- tan Hassan . The Great Pyramid was robbed of its stones to build ...
... marked by domes . Grandest and best of all the mosques in Cairo , though sadly ruined by time and now in the throes of restoration , is the huge and hoary mosque of Sul- tan Hassan . The Great Pyramid was robbed of its stones to build ...
Page 140
... marked the eastern edge of the eternal sands . Here it was that we mounted , not without difficulty , yet sustained and soothed by Hassan's persistent coo . The awakening of the camel should be a fit theme for a tone poem . It presents ...
... marked the eastern edge of the eternal sands . Here it was that we mounted , not without difficulty , yet sustained and soothed by Hassan's persistent coo . The awakening of the camel should be a fit theme for a tone poem . It presents ...
Page 162
... marked afar by the majesty of the Step Pyramid , whose terraces the drifting sands had partially filled , much as snow would have done . To the north and south other and more distant pyr- amids appeared , most notable of all being the ...
... marked afar by the majesty of the Step Pyramid , whose terraces the drifting sands had partially filled , much as snow would have done . To the north and south other and more distant pyr- amids appeared , most notable of all being the ...
Page 194
... marked with old cartouches of Thutmosis III and Seti I. The latter monarch , be- ing much later in time , simply carved his signature over the original one of Queen Hatasu ( Hatshepso- wet ) , who was the real builder of the shrine in ...
... marked with old cartouches of Thutmosis III and Seti I. The latter monarch , be- ing much later in time , simply carved his signature over the original one of Queen Hatasu ( Hatshepso- wet ) , who was the real builder of the shrine in ...
Page 229
... a mighty cemetery , hundreds of miles in length , marked only by empty tombs hewn out of the eternal rock , with- out a vestige of the cities and abodes of the living - men of that past day . Dendera has given ON TO DENDERA 229.
... a mighty cemetery , hundreds of miles in length , marked only by empty tombs hewn out of the eternal rock , with- out a vestige of the cities and abodes of the living - men of that past day . Dendera has given ON TO DENDERA 229.
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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