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38 IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO . . . . . 46 THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS . . . . .
72 THE TOMB MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY . . . 76 IN THE TOMB MOSQUE OF
SULTAN BARKUK . 76 DIORITE STATUE OF KHEPHRÊN . . . . 88 WOODEN
STATUE ...
38 IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO . . . . . 46 THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS . . . . .
72 THE TOMB MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY . . . 76 IN THE TOMB MOSQUE OF
SULTAN BARKUK . 76 DIORITE STATUE OF KHEPHRÊN . . . . 88 WOODEN
STATUE ...
Page 34
The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across
squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to
where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing portals crowned with majestic
bronze ...
The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across
squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to
where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing portals crowned with majestic
bronze ...
Page 36
To be sure , the throngs in the street are largely made up of those in the manifold
costumes of the East . The cab drivers are swarthy and wear the tarbush . The
multitude afoot is turbaned and long - robed . But the whole effect of the setting is
...
To be sure , the throngs in the street are largely made up of those in the manifold
costumes of the East . The cab drivers are swarthy and wear the tarbush . The
multitude afoot is turbaned and long - robed . But the whole effect of the setting is
...
Page 37
Four important streets lead westward from it toward the river . ... These are the
Mouski , the most celebrated street in Cairo , which leads straight east through
the Oriental quarter and the bazaars and finally out into the desert toward the
tombs ...
Four important streets lead westward from it toward the river . ... These are the
Mouski , the most celebrated street in Cairo , which leads straight east through
the Oriental quarter and the bazaars and finally out into the desert toward the
tombs ...
Page 40
From the muddle of streets arises a clatter and a tumult muffled by the distance .
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 muddle of streets arises a clatter and a tumult muffled by the distance .
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 ...
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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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