Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 17
... sort of British popsession . British influence in that country is certainly para- mount . But it has to be remembered that Egypt is really a tributary of Turkey , paying annually some- thing like $ 3,000,000 to the Porte ; and that a ...
... sort of British popsession . British influence in that country is certainly para- mount . But it has to be remembered that Egypt is really a tributary of Turkey , paying annually some- thing like $ 3,000,000 to the Porte ; and that a ...
Page 45
... kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a vista opens up - a vista down a gloomy alley lined with buildings that nearly meet overhead , but that make shift to give a glimpse of an incredibly MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 45.
... kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a vista opens up - a vista down a gloomy alley lined with buildings that nearly meet overhead , but that make shift to give a glimpse of an incredibly MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 45.
Page 47
... sort invites extortion of the most barefaced kind . Go to the scent bazaar , by all means , but go alone . Mahmoud Suleiman , maker and vender of per- fumes , sits at the receipt of customers in his little booth not far from the ...
... sort invites extortion of the most barefaced kind . Go to the scent bazaar , by all means , but go alone . Mahmoud Suleiman , maker and vender of per- fumes , sits at the receipt of customers in his little booth not far from the ...
Page 50
... ; but it is likely to end there . Fights in Cairo seldom go beyond that . Perhaps the deadliest insult would be to knock off the offender's tarbush . The tarbush is a sort of sacred index of the emotions . In the 50 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... ; but it is likely to end there . Fights in Cairo seldom go beyond that . Perhaps the deadliest insult would be to knock off the offender's tarbush . The tarbush is a sort of sacred index of the emotions . In the 50 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 51
Philip Sanford Marden. sort of sacred index of the emotions . In the direst straits it is torn from the head and dashed upon the pavement . If a man has lost two piastres , or if his mother has died , or if some other awful catastrophe ...
Philip Sanford Marden. sort of sacred index of the emotions . In the direst straits it is torn from the head and dashed upon the pavement . If a man has lost two piastres , or if his mother has died , or if some other awful catastrophe ...
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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