Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... 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 the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... 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 the 8 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 23
... thousand- 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.
... thousand- 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.
Page 34
... never to be forgotten . The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por ...
... never to be forgotten . The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por ...
Page 38
... Never- theless it is a splendid eminence , crowned with a grim old fort and a tomb - mosque of which more will be said shortly . There are various ways of going in , according to circumstances . Those who ride , whether in carriages or ...
... Never- theless it is a splendid eminence , crowned with a grim old fort and a tomb - mosque of which more will be said shortly . There are various ways of going in , according to circumstances . Those who ride , whether in carriages or ...
Page 41
... never may one set trim Christian boots within the ground sacred to Allah . Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further must lave themselves at the fountain in the midst of the open court . Once , I suppose , the Christian ...
... never may one set trim Christian boots within the ground sacred to Allah . Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further must lave themselves at the fountain in the midst of the open court . Once , I suppose , the Christian ...
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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