Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 10
... 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 alternatives . No highroads exist in Egypt , out- side the immediate environs of Cairo and one ...
... 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 alternatives . No highroads exist in Egypt , out- side the immediate environs of Cairo and one ...
Page 13
... various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no other country is the local money so easily translatable into the familiar terms of home . Relieved of that perplexity , and secure in the knowledge that ...
... various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no other country is the local money so easily translatable into the familiar terms of home . Relieved of that perplexity , and secure in the knowledge that ...
Page 36
... various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us assume , then , that the Ezbekiyeh Gardens * form the centre of Cairo and consider only a few of the important ...
... various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us assume , then , that the Ezbekiyeh Gardens * form the centre of Cairo and consider only a few of the important ...
Page 38
... various ways of going in , according to circumstances . Those who ride , whether in carriages or on donkeys , are forced to make a rather circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate which opens ...
... various ways of going in , according to circumstances . Those who ride , whether in carriages or on donkeys , are forced to make a rather circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate which opens ...
Page 45
... various tram lines of the city . This marks the eastern boundary of Western civil- ization . Beyond that the city changes absolutely in its character . There are no more broad streets , no more fine buildings . It is one vast huddle of ...
... various tram lines of the city . This marks the eastern boundary of Western civil- ization . Beyond that the city changes absolutely in its character . There are no more broad streets , no more fine buildings . It is one vast huddle 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