Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 15
... light ones , and on the Nile steamers , as well as in most eligible hotels , all the world " dresses for dinner . " Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a riding - costume es ...
... light ones , and on the Nile steamers , as well as in most eligible hotels , all the world " dresses for dinner . " Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a riding - costume es ...
Page 32
... light , its pale bulk re- flected in the tranquil bosom of the canals that lay along the line . As we neared the Nile a ghostly mast or two rose from the river mists . But of the won- drous garden of the Delta we saw nothing . Its broad ...
... light , its pale bulk re- flected in the tranquil bosom of the canals that lay along the line . As we neared the Nile a ghostly mast or two rose from the river mists . But of the won- drous garden of the Delta we saw nothing . Its broad ...
Page 33
... 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 , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper ...
... 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 , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are exploited by unblushing newspaper ...
Page 34
... light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por- tals crowned with majestic bronze lions . The river flowed muddily below , giving back from its ripples the broken ...
... light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing por- tals crowned with majestic bronze lions . The river flowed muddily below , giving back from its ripples the broken ...
Page 35
... light of broad day — a sens- ation of partial disappointment which is the keener when one's appetite has been ... lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
... light of broad day — a sens- ation of partial disappointment which is the keener when one's appetite has been ... lights , tall buildings , and clanging trolley cars of Occidental guise . To be sure MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 35.
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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