Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 14
... ancient realm , there is so much that must be read , there are so many theories as to what it is absolutely essential to wear ! And yet , apart from the reading , the safe rule is doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for ...
... ancient realm , there is so much that must be read , there are so many theories as to what it is absolutely essential to wear ! And yet , apart from the reading , the safe rule is doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for ...
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... ancient sculptures re- veal little or no change in the process since the days of Abraham . The erection of the barrages has not operated to reduce their numbers , although it has enabled the more equal distribution of the water to be ...
... ancient sculptures re- veal little or no change in the process since the days of Abraham . The erection of the barrages has not operated to reduce their numbers , although it has enabled the more equal distribution of the water to be ...
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... The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... The task of reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with un- common insistence to our present generation - far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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Philip Sanford Marden. of ancient history , especially in any case where the latter labor would exclude or long delay the former . Meantime the work of excavating in the regions soon to become untenable goes on with almost fever- ish ...
Philip Sanford Marden. of ancient history , especially in any case where the latter labor would exclude or long delay the former . Meantime the work of excavating in the regions soon to become untenable goes on with almost fever- ish ...
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... ancient greatness is de- parted . Nothing remains of its classic magnificence , save Pompey's Pillar , which was not Pompey's at all ; a museum of antiquities , chiefly of Grecian date ; and a cemetery that makes greater claim to ...
... ancient greatness is de- parted . Nothing remains of its classic magnificence , save Pompey's Pillar , which was not Pompey's at all ; a museum of antiquities , chiefly of Grecian date ; and a cemetery that makes greater claim to ...
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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