Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 14
... as you would go anywhere else , guided by your native com- mon sense . Unless you venture into Egypt later than March , it is not likely to be a tropical climate . Hel- mets and " puggarees , " while picturesque , are 14 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... as you would go anywhere else , guided by your native com- mon sense . Unless you venture into Egypt later than March , it is not likely to be a tropical climate . Hel- mets and " puggarees , " while picturesque , are 14 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 16
... Native cows ' milk is only safe when properly boiled , and the safest butter is that which is imported . These details are set down here simply because they seem to me to answer the more common and universal queries of those who ...
... Native cows ' milk is only safe when properly boiled , and the safest butter is that which is imported . These details are set down here simply because they seem to me to answer the more common and universal queries of those who ...
Page 20
... native council must for a long time to come be representative of a very small portion of the Egyptian public , chiefly of the pashas , or wealthier class , and may be de- pended upon in consequence to lend itself very easily to class ...
... native council must for a long time to come be representative of a very small portion of the Egyptian public , chiefly of the pashas , or wealthier class , and may be de- pended upon in consequence to lend itself very easily to class ...
Page 24
... natives that they have garnered five crops under the new system from the same land . Certainly crops arrive at maturity with amazing swift- ness , out of the mud and under the unclouded sun of Egypt , aided by the miracle of the water ...
... natives that they have garnered five crops under the new system from the same land . Certainly crops arrive at maturity with amazing swift- ness , out of the mud and under the unclouded sun of Egypt , aided by the miracle of the water ...
Page 28
... natives of the Moslem faith . But one notes a general tendency to pay tribute to their facility , at least when working for others , - and above all to their rectitude in a moral way . As for the Mohammedan Egyptians , forming the ...
... natives of the Moslem faith . But one notes a general tendency to pay tribute to their facility , at least when working for others , - and above all to their rectitude in a moral way . As for the Mohammedan Egyptians , forming the ...
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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