Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 156
... Karnak will be foregone - but he will miss little that is more ancient and little that is more impressive . There be triple ways to take in going to Sakkâra . First and most obvious , as well as easiest , is the rail- way to Bedreschein ...
... Karnak will be foregone - but he will miss little that is more ancient and little that is more impressive . There be triple ways to take in going to Sakkâra . First and most obvious , as well as easiest , is the rail- way to Bedreschein ...
Page 159
... many hundred years the old cities are hard to find , and that even the huge stones of Dendera and Karnak have had to be dug out of a great accumulation of débris . Two huge statues lie prone amid the trees of the THE TOMBS OF SAKKÂRA 159.
... many hundred years the old cities are hard to find , and that even the huge stones of Dendera and Karnak have had to be dug out of a great accumulation of débris . Two huge statues lie prone amid the trees of the THE TOMBS OF SAKKÂRA 159.
Page 215
... . Auguste , for I believe that's what the Graf calls him , sprang from the chair , dashed across the upper - deck where we were all congregated looking at the. CHAPTER XI . ON TO DENDERA CHAPTER XII . KARNAK AND LUXOR. ON TO DENDERA.
... . Auguste , for I believe that's what the Graf calls him , sprang from the chair , dashed across the upper - deck where we were all congregated looking at the. CHAPTER XI . ON TO DENDERA CHAPTER XII . KARNAK AND LUXOR. ON TO DENDERA.
Page 226
... Karnak . Doubtless that in the latter temple is immensely more extensive , but it will be difficult , surely , to afford a more impressive sight than that dim and lofty corri- dor in Hathor's fane . Penetrating still farther into the ...
... Karnak . Doubtless that in the latter temple is immensely more extensive , but it will be difficult , surely , to afford a more impressive sight than that dim and lofty corri- dor in Hathor's fane . Penetrating still farther into the ...
Page 230
... grows real grass ! - - Besides , there is the prospect of a moon — and moonlight visits to Karnak are said to be among God's last best gifts to man . ARCH 7. It seems difficult to realize that this MAR 230 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... grows real grass ! - - Besides , there is the prospect of a moon — and moonlight visits to Karnak are said to be among God's last best gifts to man . ARCH 7. It seems difficult to realize that this MAR 230 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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