Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 56
... appears in the guide - books will suffice to show the development of the Mohammedan place of worship into something resembling the cruciform . Originally every mosque was merely a hollow square , open to the heavens , its sides arcaded ...
... appears in the guide - books will suffice to show the development of the Mohammedan place of worship into something resembling the cruciform . Originally every mosque was merely a hollow square , open to the heavens , its sides arcaded ...
Page 57
... appears entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts diverge as before . It was a decided improvement in many ways , al- though of course applicable only to the smaller mosques . But with the end of ...
... appears entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts diverge as before . It was a decided improvement in many ways , al- though of course applicable only to the smaller mosques . But with the end of ...
Page 61
... appears to be chiefly to enable the students to become in turn teachers of others along the same lines . Time was when the visiting Christian was wont to be hissed as he passed through the aisles of this curious college , but that seems ...
... appears to be chiefly to enable the students to become in turn teachers of others along the same lines . Time was when the visiting Christian was wont to be hissed as he passed through the aisles of this curious college , but that seems ...
Page 64
... appears to mean something like " Go to the Devil " ; and ac- cording to Arab etiquette such curtness is quite out of place in addressing a person of full age and dig- nity . A true regard for the tender sensibilities of the son of the ...
... appears to mean something like " Go to the Devil " ; and ac- cording to Arab etiquette such curtness is quite out of place in addressing a person of full age and dig- nity . A true regard for the tender sensibilities of the son of the ...
Page 70
... appears to be a favorite custom among a cer- tain class of Cairenes to live for at least a portion of the year in these craft , once so popular for river cruising . Each has a long deck - cabin aft , an open space forward with a single ...
... appears to be a favorite custom among a cer- tain class of Cairenes to live for at least a portion of the year in these craft , once so popular for river cruising . Each has a long deck - cabin aft , an open space forward with a single ...
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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