Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 7
... sure to be a hot wind , and the air is certain to be thick with the flying dust . On the edge of the desert the particles cut like fine snow , and facing the kha- masin is anything but a delight . A genuinely hot one produces a curious ...
... sure to be a hot wind , and the air is certain to be thick with the flying dust . On the edge of the desert the particles cut like fine snow , and facing the kha- masin is anything but a delight . A genuinely hot one produces a curious ...
Page 9
... sure , one may make an expedition with camels across the burning sands to the fertile inland district of the Fayum , and a railroad of sorts now serves to convey the curious to the deep - lying oasis of Khargeh , which may yet become a ...
... sure , one may make an expedition with camels across the burning sands to the fertile inland district of the Fayum , and a railroad of sorts now serves to convey the curious to the deep - lying oasis of Khargeh , which may yet become a ...
Page 11
... sure , long purses may readily com- mand the services of a tug , - but if one is to be towed , it might as well be decided at once to charter a private steamer and be still more the master of one's time . For the great majority the ...
... sure , long purses may readily com- mand the services of a tug , - but if one is to be towed , it might as well be decided at once to charter a private steamer and be still more the master of one's time . For the great majority the ...
Page 35
... into a square seemingly European , with a throng of cabs , a passing multi- tude of people , electric lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
... into a square seemingly European , with a throng of cabs , a passing multi- tude of people , electric lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
Page 36
Philip Sanford Marden. clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . 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 ...
Philip Sanford Marden. clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . 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 ...
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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