Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 8
... miles through an illimitable 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 ...
... miles through an illimitable 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 ...
Page 23
... mile lake . But with the process of time the old- fashioned basin irrigation is disappearing and with it much of the picturesqueness of the fields . Never- theless the country still has its dikes , or " MODERN EGYPT 23.
... mile lake . But with the process of time the old- fashioned basin irrigation is disappearing and with it much of the picturesqueness of the fields . Never- theless the country still has its dikes , or " MODERN EGYPT 23.
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... miles offshore until late afternoon , when a tiny tug rolled perilously through the trough of the seas , and after a hair - raising struggle , succeeded in putting a pilot aboard . By the time the vessel had been manoeuvred into the ...
... miles offshore until late afternoon , when a tiny tug rolled perilously through the trough of the seas , and after a hair - raising struggle , succeeded in putting a pilot aboard . By the time the vessel had been manoeuvred into the ...
Page 37
... mile from it . It is the great centre of activity for all travelers . In it are the principal shops . Through it passes every visitor in town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river ...
... mile from it . It is the great centre of activity for all travelers . In it are the principal shops . Through it passes every visitor in town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river ...
Page 43
... mile eastward from the river before reaching the distinctively Ori- ental portion of Cairo . The part of the city that lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and ...
... mile eastward from the river before reaching the distinctively Ori- ental portion of Cairo . The part of the city that lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad 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