Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 94
... afford magnificent graves there , some crumbs of eternal bliss might fall to them from the rich man's table . In the resurrection of the body the Egyptian pos- sessed a painfully literal belief . His theory was that man was born into ...
... afford magnificent graves there , some crumbs of eternal bliss might fall to them from the rich man's table . In the resurrection of the body the Egyptian pos- sessed a painfully literal belief . His theory was that man was born into ...
Page 140
... afford a droning accompaniment . The worst part of every camel ride is the beginning and the ending thereof . The downsitting and up- rising of the brute is a complicated process at best , but most so when one is mounted . I approached ...
... afford a droning accompaniment . The worst part of every camel ride is the beginning and the ending thereof . The downsitting and up- rising of the brute is a complicated process at best , but most so when one is mounted . I approached ...
Page 165
... afford the finest examples to be found in all Egypt - the tombs of Ti and Ptah - hôtep . Yet neither of those worthies was a king . Each was a man of substance and power , doubtless high in the royal confidence and possessed of high ...
... afford the finest examples to be found in all Egypt - the tombs of Ti and Ptah - hôtep . Yet neither of those worthies was a king . Each was a man of substance and power , doubtless high in the royal confidence and possessed of high ...
Page 200
... afford such tombs , to be sure . But in the huddle of graves below were laid the bodies of the poor the poor who could not build great homes for all eternity , but who at least might lie close by them in the pathetic hope that some ...
... afford such tombs , to be sure . But in the huddle of graves below were laid the bodies of the poor the poor who could not build great homes for all eternity , but who at least might lie close by them in the pathetic hope that some ...
Page 226
... afford a more impressive sight than that dim and lofty corri- dor in Hathor's fane . Penetrating still farther into the shrine , you come to a series of great antechambers , facing the last of which is the actual sanctuary of the ...
... afford a more impressive sight than that dim and lofty corri- dor in Hathor's fane . Penetrating still farther into the shrine , you come to a series of great antechambers , facing the last of which is the actual sanctuary of the ...
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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