Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 5
... period . With which prefatory statement , let me turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast majority of people who visit Egypt do so , I ...
... period . With which prefatory statement , let me turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast majority of people who visit Egypt do so , I ...
Page 20
... period is certain , and even then its withdrawal would probably mean nothing more than the substitution of some other alien hand . Ever since the decline of the Ramessids , ages and ages ago , Egypt has been ruled by governors from ...
... period is certain , and even then its withdrawal would probably mean nothing more than the substitution of some other alien hand . Ever since the decline of the Ramessids , ages and ages ago , Egypt has been ruled by governors from ...
Page 57
... period roughly between 1400 and 1500 A.D.- mosque building ceased to develop in charm , and the newer edifices of Cairo cannot be said to compare with the old . It is the time - worn structures that compel the greater admiration . Take ...
... period roughly between 1400 and 1500 A.D.- mosque building ceased to develop in charm , and the newer edifices of Cairo cannot be said to compare with the old . It is the time - worn structures that compel the greater admiration . Take ...
Page 75
... period which lie farther to the north , well out of the nest of buildings and set in the broad expanse of the desert . The latter succeed much better than Kait Bey's , sim- ply because of the glorious harmony of their coloring with sand ...
... period which lie farther to the north , well out of the nest of buildings and set in the broad expanse of the desert . The latter succeed much better than Kait Bey's , sim- ply because of the glorious harmony of their coloring with sand ...
Page 93
... period and are therefore very late as compared with the general antiquity of Egypt . In only a few isolated instances , such as are afforded by the surviving walls of El Kab , or the fragmentary pavement at Tell el Amarna , have we ...
... period and are therefore very late as compared with the general antiquity of Egypt . In only a few isolated instances , such as are afforded by the surviving walls of El Kab , or the fragmentary pavement at Tell el Amarna , have we ...
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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