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Page 35
From the Citadel , or floating on the bosom of the river above the town , one
gazes upon a truly satisfying visiona great white city dominated by a frowning
fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty
minarets .
From the Citadel , or floating on the bosom of the river above the town , one
gazes upon a truly satisfying visiona great white city dominated by a frowning
fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty
minarets .
Page 40
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 platform to the gulfs below , and of course they have selected the
most ...
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 platform to the gulfs below , and of course they have selected the
most ...
Page 41
nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the valley broadens to the Delta
, and its wealth of slender towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel
compares with the view to be had there , and even the view pales before the still
...
nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the valley broadens to the Delta
, and its wealth of slender towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel
compares with the view to be had there , and even the view pales before the still
...
Page 74
But as they tower out of the yellow sands against the cloudless blue of an
Egyptian day , they afford a delight to the eyes . To this pleasant prospect the
weavers , or rather spinners , plying their craft over the desert plain add not a little
.
But as they tower out of the yellow sands against the cloudless blue of an
Egyptian day , they afford a delight to the eyes . To this pleasant prospect the
weavers , or rather spinners , plying their craft over the desert plain add not a little
.
Page 78
Just to the east and along the whole distance tower the cliffs of the Mokhattam ,
marking the verge of the Arabian Desert proper . Their height and their proximity
to the town long ago rendered the Citadel quite worthless as a fort ; for any ...
Just to the east and along the whole distance tower the cliffs of the Mokhattam ,
marking the verge of the Arabian Desert proper . Their height and their proximity
to the town long ago rendered the Citadel quite worthless as a fort ; for any ...
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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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