Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... things , The hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these words appear : ' My name is Ozymandias , King of Kings ; Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of ...
... things , The hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these words appear : ' My name is Ozymandias , King of Kings ; Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of ...
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... thing that might fill a reasonable want . I am aware that the number of existing books on Egypt is large , and it may seem that the addition of yet another in- volves some temerity on my part . But of such a book as this there has ...
... thing that might fill a reasonable want . I am aware that the number of existing books on Egypt is large , and it may seem that the addition of yet another in- volves some temerity on my part . But of such a book as this there has ...
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... things Egyptian . Therefore it seems to require no apology . But the fact may serve to call attention at the outset to the great and first difficulty that greets one on the threshold of a work like this , namely , that of deciding upon ...
... things Egyptian . Therefore it seems to require no apology . But the fact may serve to call attention at the outset to the great and first difficulty that greets one on the threshold of a work like this , namely , that of deciding upon ...
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... thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do . For the purposes of this book , therefore , I propose to adopt whatever spellings of names may seem most convenient to the needs of other " sowaheen " visit ...
... thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do . For the purposes of this book , therefore , I propose to adopt whatever spellings of names may seem most convenient to the needs of other " sowaheen " visit ...
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... things that one goes out to Egypt " for to see " ? Shall we condemn the rose for its thorn ? Travel in Egypt is probably simpler than in any other country on the whole surface of the globe . The reason is that , with the unimportant ...
... things that one goes out to Egypt " for to see " ? Shall we condemn the rose for its thorn ? Travel in Egypt is probably simpler than in any other country on the whole surface of the globe . The reason is that , with the unimportant ...
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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