Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 35
... towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert setting . The pyra- mids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind a foreground of waving palms . It ...
... towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert setting . The pyra- mids of Ghizeh may be descried , dim and majestic , to the west , behind a foreground of waving palms . It ...
Page 40
... 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 imposing ...
... 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 imposing ...
Page 41
... towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even the view pales before the still broader prospect that will be had later when there is time to ascend the bare and ruddy cliffs behind ...
... towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even the view pales before the still broader prospect that will be had later when there is time to ascend the bare and ruddy cliffs behind ...
Page 74
... 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 ...
... 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
... 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 worth- less as a fort ; for any artillery , however primitive , must ...
... 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 worth- less as a fort ; for any artillery , however primitive , must ...
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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