Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter'd visage lies , whose frown And wrinkl'd lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive , stamp'd on these ...
... stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter'd visage lies , whose frown And wrinkl'd lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive , stamp'd on these ...
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... STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED RELIEF , KOM OMBO TEMPLE OF PHILAE , SIDE VIEW " BED OF PHARAOH , " PHILAE IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI , ABYDOS RELIEF , " SETI AT WORSHIP , " ABYDOS MAP OF EGYPT SHOWING RIVER ...
... STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED RELIEF , KOM OMBO TEMPLE OF PHILAE , SIDE VIEW " BED OF PHARAOH , " PHILAE IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI , ABYDOS RELIEF , " SETI AT WORSHIP , " ABYDOS MAP OF EGYPT SHOWING RIVER ...
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... stone's throw south of Shepheard's and directly opposite the Continental , on the street which , under various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us assume ...
... stone's throw south of Shepheard's and directly opposite the Continental , on the street which , under various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us assume ...
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... stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within , the building gives more the impression ...
... stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east toward Mecca . The other three sides of the court are appar- ently of no great importance . Within , the building gives more the impression ...
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... stone capital seemingly from an an- cient column , it may be of Roman date , and its top has been hollowed out for the base uses of modern trade . Not far away there is a wayside shop for the renovating and reblocking of tarbushes . It ...
... stone capital seemingly from an an- cient column , it may be of Roman date , and its top has been hollowed out for the base uses of modern trade . Not far away there is a wayside shop for the renovating and reblocking of tarbushes . It ...
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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