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MODERN EGYPT . . . . III . MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO IV . IN AND
ABOUT CAIRO . . . V . THE OLD RELIGION . . . . VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT . .
VII . THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH . . VIII . THE TOMBS OF SAKKÅRA . . . . . . . . . . .
3 .
MODERN EGYPT . . . . III . MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO IV . IN AND
ABOUT CAIRO . . . V . THE OLD RELIGION . . . . VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT . .
VII . THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH . . VIII . THE TOMBS OF SAKKÅRA . . . . . . . . . . .
3 .
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99 - 100 THE APPROACH TO THE PYRAMIDS . . . . 138 THE THREE PYRAMIDS
OF GHIZEH . . . 142 THE SPHINX AND PYRAMID OF CHEOPS . . 142 SECTION
OF GREAT PYRAMID , SHOWING LOWER LIMIT OF ORIGINAL PLAN .
99 - 100 THE APPROACH TO THE PYRAMIDS . . . . 138 THE THREE PYRAMIDS
OF GHIZEH . . . 142 THE SPHINX AND PYRAMID OF CHEOPS . . 142 SECTION
OF GREAT PYRAMID , SHOWING LOWER LIMIT OF ORIGINAL PLAN .
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I have not been fortunate in securing photographs of shadoufs in operation , but
one will be seen sharply outlined against the sky in one of the illustrations of the
pyramids . The system , however , is very simple . The machine consists of a short
...
I have not been fortunate in securing photographs of shadoufs in operation , but
one will be seen sharply outlined against the sky in one of the illustrations of the
pyramids . The system , however , is very simple . The machine consists of a short
...
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The pyramids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind
a foreground of waving palms . It is almost a pity not to have this the first view of
Cairo — the view from which the lasting impression is derived . As things are ...
The pyramids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind
a foreground of waving palms . It is almost a pity not to have this the first view of
Cairo — the view from which the lasting impression is derived . As things are ...
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Far across the city towers the dome of the museum and away to the west the
pyramids rear themselves majestically through the dust and haze . It is a fearful
drop from the platform to the gulfs below , and of course they have selected the
most ...
Far across the city towers the dome of the museum and away to the west the
pyramids rear themselves majestically through the dust and haze . It is a fearful
drop from the platform to the gulfs below , and of course they have selected the
most ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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