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286 TEMPLE OF PHILAE , SIDE VIEW . . . . 294 “ BED OF PHARAOH , ” PHILAE .
. . . . 302 IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI , ABYDOS . . . . 310 RELIEF , “ SETI AT
WORSHIP , ” ABYDOS . . 314 MAP OF EGYPT SHOWING RIVER DISTANCES .
286 TEMPLE OF PHILAE , SIDE VIEW . . . . 294 “ BED OF PHARAOH , ” PHILAE .
. . . . 302 IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI , ABYDOS . . . . 310 RELIEF , “ SETI AT
WORSHIP , ” ABYDOS . . 314 MAP OF EGYPT SHOWING RIVER DISTANCES .
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No highroads exist in Egypt , out side the immediate environs of Cairo and one or
two of the larger towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to
the resident urban population . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief ...
No highroads exist in Egypt , out side the immediate environs of Cairo and one or
two of the larger towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to
the resident urban population . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief ...
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Comfort demands that the hat be capable of being secured against blowing off in
the gales that occasionally blow ; and it is a decided convenience to have a pair
of spectacles — slightly colored — with covered sides to keep the dust and sand
...
Comfort demands that the hat be capable of being secured against blowing off in
the gales that occasionally blow ; and it is a decided convenience to have a pair
of spectacles — slightly colored — with covered sides to keep the dust and sand
...
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... discover that Alexandria is not situated at one of the mouths of the Nile , but lies
well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one approaching by
sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to
...
... discover that Alexandria is not situated at one of the mouths of the Nile , but lies
well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one approaching by
sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to
...
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... Cairo host , “ the Hakkim ” — blessed man ! - who had side in the Ghezireh to
meet us in the dead of night . A wandering porter informed us that no luggage
would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
... Cairo host , “ the Hakkim ” — blessed man ! - who had side in the Ghezireh to
meet us in the dead of night . A wandering porter informed us that no luggage
would be MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 33.
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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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