Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 69
... Cairo from the west , as it passes between the tall piers with their haughty lions and debouches into the spreading highways of the city proper . Every camel and every donkey is laden with green pro- duce IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 69.
... Cairo from the west , as it passes between the tall piers with their haughty lions and debouches into the spreading highways of the city proper . Every camel and every donkey is laden with green pro- duce IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 69.
Page 70
Philip Sanford Marden. camel and every donkey is laden with green pro- duce until it is almost impossible to see the beast himself . Before the day is far spent , the unladen camels begin to return in a leisurely file , thronging the ...
Philip Sanford Marden. camel and every donkey is laden with green pro- duce until it is almost impossible to see the beast himself . Before the day is far spent , the unladen camels begin to return in a leisurely file , thronging the ...
Page 78
... the Mokhattam with your second inspection of the Citadel , rather than with the jaunt to the outlying tombs of the Caliphs . It is far less fatiguing . A donkey for the entire journey can be had for a shilling in the 78 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... the Mokhattam with your second inspection of the Citadel , rather than with the jaunt to the outlying tombs of the Caliphs . It is far less fatiguing . A donkey for the entire journey can be had for a shilling in the 78 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 79
... donkey , as the way is not only steep , but in places intolerably dusty . Suffer yourself to be shown once more , in passing , the tomb of Mohammed Ali , the scene of the Mameluke massacre , the view from the parapet , and even ...
... donkey , as the way is not only steep , but in places intolerably dusty . Suffer yourself to be shown once more , in passing , the tomb of Mohammed Ali , the scene of the Mameluke massacre , the view from the parapet , and even ...
Page 82
... donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and tumult of the town , and seek the shelter that awaits us there . There remains one other quarter of Cairo to be dealt with , reserved for the last because it is at once the ...
... donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and tumult of the town , and seek the shelter that awaits us there . There remains one other quarter of Cairo to be dealt with , reserved for the last because it is at once 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