Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 40
... better in fact than it is likely to do when you come to inspect it in detail below . Take a long look , there- fore , from the lofty platform and appreciate the mag- - nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the 40 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... better in fact than it is likely to do when you come to inspect it in detail below . Take a long look , there- fore , from the lofty platform and appreciate the mag- - nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the 40 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 42
... way ; but one is almost certain to like it better from afar , as it soars gracefully toward the sky from its hoary height , flanked by its two slender , pencil- pointed minarets , and forming the culminating point of Cairo 42 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... way ; but one is almost certain to like it better from afar , as it soars gracefully toward the sky from its hoary height , flanked by its two slender , pencil- pointed minarets , and forming the culminating point of Cairo 42 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 51
... better class wear robes of a better kind and sometimes rather magnificent gear , with touches of color which command instant admiration . The Copts useful , apt , intelligent , and , alas , uni- versally despised both by Mohammedans and ...
... better class wear robes of a better kind and sometimes rather magnificent gear , with touches of color which command instant admiration . The Copts useful , apt , intelligent , and , alas , uni- versally despised both by Mohammedans and ...
Page 63
... be amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
... be amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
Page 69
... better than any other constant procession in all the world the primitive as well as the modern system of transportation . The camel of the desert and the patient asses of the fellaheen jog leisurely past , as they doubtless did in the ...
... better than any other constant procession in all the world the primitive as well as the modern system of transportation . The camel of the desert and the patient asses of the fellaheen jog leisurely past , as they doubtless did in 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