Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 10
... towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to the resident urban popula- tion . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad ...
... towns , so that automobiles are of no possible service save to the resident urban popula- tion . Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad ...
Page 33
... town- called , by some happy and appropriate chance , Dam- an - hour . It was a considerable place , glimmering whitely in the moonlight ; but its station was deserted save for a few shrouded and hooded shapes who stole silently up and ...
... town- called , by some happy and appropriate chance , Dam- an - hour . It was a considerable place , glimmering whitely in the moonlight ; but its station was deserted save for a few shrouded and hooded shapes who stole silently up and ...
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... town , one gazes upon a truly satisfying vision- a great white city dominated by a frowning fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert ...
... town , one gazes upon a truly satisfying vision- a great white city dominated by a frowning fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty minarets . The tawny cliffs be- hind afford an appropriate desert ...
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... town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river . These are the Sharia Boulac , with its tram line , which leads to the Ghezireh ferry and the new bridge soon to be completed ; the Sharia ...
... town every day of his stay . Four important streets lead westward from it to- ward the river . These are the Sharia Boulac , with its tram line , which leads to the Ghezireh ferry and the new bridge soon to be completed ; the Sharia ...
Page 38
... town and the most grandly imposing in itself . From its height you may see all the city spread out like a scroll . Nor is it difficult to reach , for the key to it is Mohammed Ali's long , straight highway , and a tram line leads ...
... town and the most grandly imposing in itself . From its height you may see all the city spread out like a scroll . Nor is it difficult to reach , for the key to it is Mohammed Ali's long , straight highway , and a tram line leads ...
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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