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Page ix
All we know of their dwellings we learn from their tombs , when they had left off
building mountains of stone , and taken to hewing mausoleums — some of the
dimensions of cathedrals — out of the living rock . It would be worth while going
to ...
All we know of their dwellings we learn from their tombs , when they had left off
building mountains of stone , and taken to hewing mausoleums — some of the
dimensions of cathedrals — out of the living rock . It would be worth while going
to ...
Page xi
One man is lucky enough to own land which the foreigners require for building .
He gets a bountiful price , and puts it away in sovereigns . He does not often
invest it . Many Arabs still consider that investment is a breach of the prophet's ...
One man is lucky enough to own land which the foreigners require for building .
He gets a bountiful price , and puts it away in sovereigns . He does not often
invest it . Many Arabs still consider that investment is a breach of the prophet's ...
Page xix
EGYPTIAN WOMAN WITH HER SHAWL OVER THE BURDEN ON HER HEAD
27 TO SHIELD HER FROM THE FIERCE SUN On the road from Karnak to Luxor .
In the background are camels carrying stones for building . 36 AT LUXOR ...
EGYPTIAN WOMAN WITH HER SHAWL OVER THE BURDEN ON HER HEAD
27 TO SHIELD HER FROM THE FIERCE SUN On the road from Karnak to Luxor .
In the background are camels carrying stones for building . 36 AT LUXOR ...
Page xxi
There is no city in Egypt which has so many unrestored mediæval buildings in
good condition as Rosetta . ALEXANDRIA 21 Old houses of the Rosetta type —
some of the few domestic buildings left of the ancient village of 5,000 inhabitants
...
There is no city in Egypt which has so many unrestored mediæval buildings in
good condition as Rosetta . ALEXANDRIA 21 Old houses of the Rosetta type —
some of the few domestic buildings left of the ancient village of 5,000 inhabitants
...
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I have an additional reason for relegating this little historical study of the glorious
old buildings of Cairo into an introduction . For it is written in a serious vein , while
the rest of the book , especially the dozen chapters about the irresistible ...
I have an additional reason for relegating this little historical study of the glorious
old buildings of Cairo into an introduction . For it is written in a serious vein , while
the rest of the book , especially the dozen chapters about the irresistible ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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