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210 OLD MOSQUE AT ROSETTA At Rosetta the mosques are ancient , beautiful ,
and unrestored . There is no city in Egypt which has so many unrestored
mediæval buildings in good condition as Rosetta . ALEXANDRIA 21 Old houses
of the ...
210 OLD MOSQUE AT ROSETTA At Rosetta the mosques are ancient , beautiful ,
and unrestored . There is no city in Egypt which has so many unrestored
mediæval buildings in good condition as Rosetta . ALEXANDRIA 21 Old houses
of the ...
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380 AN ASSUAN GALLEY AND THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTINE . Taken from
my bedroom balcony , in the Cataract Hotel . These galleys are of an ancient
Roman pattern , hardly changed . A TYPICAL NILE TOWN 381 412 THE TEMPLE
OF ...
380 AN ASSUAN GALLEY AND THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTINE . Taken from
my bedroom balcony , in the Cataract Hotel . These galleys are of an ancient
Roman pattern , hardly changed . A TYPICAL NILE TOWN 381 412 THE TEMPLE
OF ...
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In the mounds ' which cover the ruins of Fustat just outside its gates , little dumps
of ancient Egyptian antiquities are found . I myself picked up a tiny image of
Knum , the Ram - headed god , there , when I was howking for remains of Arab ...
In the mounds ' which cover the ruins of Fustat just outside its gates , little dumps
of ancient Egyptian antiquities are found . I myself picked up a tiny image of
Knum , the Ram - headed god , there , when I was howking for remains of Arab ...
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Those which are not in the ancient Roman citadel , are in ders l_or little citadels
of their own . One of them , called the Mo'allaka , or hanging church , because it is
built on to a Roman bastion , is among the most beautiful churches in the world ...
Those which are not in the ancient Roman citadel , are in ders l_or little citadels
of their own . One of them , called the Mo'allaka , or hanging church , because it is
built on to a Roman bastion , is among the most beautiful churches in the world ...
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One of the chapels contains a very beautiful Byzantine Madonna painted before
the Byzantines had lost the roundness and softness of ancient Roman pictures .
This little old church has wonderful grace as well as wonderful softness of ...
One of the chapels contains a very beautiful Byzantine Madonna painted before
the Byzantines had lost the roundness and softness of ancient Roman pictures .
This little old church has wonderful grace as well as wonderful softness of ...
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| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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