Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 30
... walls of the city which had mocked us through the day had vanished in the blackness . The special train was waiting on the quay . The luggage had all. CHAPTER III . MOSQUES AND BAZAARS IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO. MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO.
... walls of the city which had mocked us through the day had vanished in the blackness . The special train was waiting on the quay . The luggage had all. CHAPTER III . MOSQUES AND BAZAARS IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO. MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO.
Page 33
... walls for a moment and then the train moved on . It was long after the midnight hour when the lights of Cairo came into view and the train slowed to a halt in the glare and bustle of the great ter- minal station — a magnificent building ...
... walls for a moment and then the train moved on . It was long after the midnight hour when the lights of Cairo came into view and the train slowed to a halt in the glare and bustle of the great ter- minal station — a magnificent building ...
Page 52
... wall , inlaid with magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every ...
... wall , inlaid with magnificent mosaic , points the direction of the holy city of the Prophet , and enables the blind worshiper to feel his way to the only proper point for really efficacious prayer . Matting covers the floor in every ...
Page 54
... walls , crowned with massive cornices , frown steadfastly down on the babel of the narrow thoroughfare beneath . You enter it from the street of Mohammed Ali , ascending a flight of steps to the great main door , a lofty arch ...
... walls , crowned with massive cornices , frown steadfastly down on the babel of the narrow thoroughfare beneath . You enter it from the street of Mohammed Ali , ascending a flight of steps to the great main door , a lofty arch ...
Page 59
... walls adorned with gilded texts , but only in a rare instance will it be found that any such edifice stands out sharp and clear from the mass . For the most part they fit into the constantly shifting kaleidoscope of Cairo's street life ...
... walls adorned with gilded texts , but only in a rare instance will it be found that any such edifice stands out sharp and clear from the mass . For the most part they fit into the constantly shifting kaleidoscope of Cairo's street life ...
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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