Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 5
... turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast majority of people who visit Egypt do so , I suppose , because of the intense historic interest ...
... turn for a moment to such intro- ductory remarks on Egyptian travel as may seem likely to be useful to the individual " sowâh . " The vast majority of people who visit Egypt do so , I suppose , because of the intense historic interest ...
Page 16
... turn with lighter hearts to something vastly more interesting , to wit , to Egypt itself , its history , its curious characteristics , its extraordinary river , and the multitude of things that are to be seen along the latter's shores ...
... turn with lighter hearts to something vastly more interesting , to wit , to Egypt itself , its history , its curious characteristics , its extraordinary river , and the multitude of things that are to be seen along the latter's shores ...
Page 46
... turns its steps when it enters the Mouski , and to the bazaars let us go , pushing on through the traffic . Eventually , where you descry overhead the blue aerial signs pointing the way to the shop of one Cohen , you come to the ...
... turns its steps when it enters the Mouski , and to the bazaars let us go , pushing on through the traffic . Eventually , where you descry overhead the blue aerial signs pointing the way to the shop of one Cohen , you come to the ...
Page 48
... turn . The flavor lasts ! Wash as energetically as Lady Macbeth and you shall not remove that aroma from the back of your hands for days to come . Great is Mahmoud Suleiman , par- fumeur ! Some incense , burning in a tiny crucible at ...
... turn . The flavor lasts ! Wash as energetically as Lady Macbeth and you shall not remove that aroma from the back of your hands for days to come . Great is Mahmoud Suleiman , par- fumeur ! Some incense , burning in a tiny crucible at ...
Page 61
... turn teachers of others along the same lines . Time was when the visiting Christian was wont to be hissed as he passed through the aisles of this curious college , but that seems to have passed . In- deed , the inundation of visitors is ...
... turn teachers of others along the same lines . Time was when the visiting Christian was wont to be hissed as he passed through the aisles of this curious college , but that seems to have passed . In- deed , the inundation of visitors is ...
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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