Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... means simply " fifty . " Mohammedans claim that it is so called because it blows most fiercely during " the Christian fast , " or Lent , which they apparently conceive to be about fifty days long . But it is quite capable of blowing at ...
... means simply " fifty . " Mohammedans claim that it is so called because it blows most fiercely during " the Christian fast , " or Lent , which they apparently conceive to be about fifty days long . But it is quite capable of blowing at ...
Page 8
... and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as thirty miles in breadth , and beyond whose edges the ordinary traveler is never called upon to go . For the tourist , Egypt means simply the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... and desolate desert , —a ribbon of green which is seldom as much as thirty miles in breadth , and beyond whose edges the ordinary traveler is never called upon to go . For the tourist , Egypt means simply the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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... means in going up the river , and by the determination of what sights he will see and what omit in the long and narrow strip that stretches from Cairo to the Second Cataract . By far the greatest number are content to go no farther ...
... means in going up the river , and by the determination of what sights he will see and what omit in the long and narrow strip that stretches from Cairo to the Second Cataract . By far the greatest number are content to go no farther ...
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... majority of people traveling with limited sup- plies alike of time and money . As for the railroad , while fairly comfortable and well served , it can be commended only as a means of carriage for those whose ΙΟ EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... majority of people traveling with limited sup- plies alike of time and money . As for the railroad , while fairly comfortable and well served , it can be commended only as a means of carriage for those whose ΙΟ EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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Philip Sanford Marden. commended only as a means of carriage for those whose stay in Egypt is so deplorably brief as to make all the other means out of the question . It would , I suppose , be difficult to imagine any- thing more ...
Philip Sanford Marden. commended only as a means of carriage for those whose stay in Egypt is so deplorably brief as to make all the other means out of the question . It would , I suppose , be difficult to imagine any- thing more ...
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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