Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... valley and rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
... valley and rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
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... VALLEY OF THE TOMBS , THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES . COLOSSI OF " MEMNON " • BACKSHEESH BOYS AT ESNEH FAÇADE OF TEMPLE AT EDFÛ STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED ...
... VALLEY OF THE TOMBS , THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES . COLOSSI OF " MEMNON " • BACKSHEESH BOYS AT ESNEH FAÇADE OF TEMPLE AT EDFÛ STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED ...
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... valley of the Euphrates . A minority go there for serious study of ancient customs and ancient art . Still others seek the valley of the Nile for the purpose of escaping the rigors of a Northern winter or with the design of recovering ...
... valley of the Euphrates . A minority go there for serious study of ancient customs and ancient art . Still others seek the valley of the Nile for the purpose of escaping the rigors of a Northern winter or with the design of recovering ...
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... Simbel . On the whole , indeed , that is enough . In the winding valley between the First Cataract and Cairo was enacted the major part of the great drama of our dawning civilization , and there to - day lies the SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 9.
... Simbel . On the whole , indeed , that is enough . In the winding valley between the First Cataract and Cairo was enacted the major part of the great drama of our dawning civilization , and there to - day lies the SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 9.
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... Valley are chiefly these : One may go from Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of convey- ance on the river ; or , if desirable , these two modes of travel may be combined . But that completes the list of ...
... Valley are chiefly these : One may go from Cairo to Assuan and back by rail ; or one may go by various forms of convey- ance on the river ; or , if desirable , these two modes of travel may be combined . But that completes the list of ...
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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