Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 45
... give up to the delights of a ramble through the native quarter , surrounded on every hand by the unstudied life of the older town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient ...
... give up to the delights of a ramble through the native quarter , surrounded on every hand by the unstudied life of the older town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient ...
Page 46
Philip Sanford Marden. that make shift to give a glimpse of an incredibly blue sky into which soars a minaret . Up and down the Mouski flows a tide of traffic that sadly congests the narrow street . There is no sidewalk worthy the name ...
Philip Sanford Marden. that make shift to give a glimpse of an incredibly blue sky into which soars a minaret . Up and down the Mouski flows a tide of traffic that sadly congests the narrow street . There is no sidewalk worthy the name ...
Page 47
... gives upon a dark and aromatic alley , whence waft all the odors of Arabia . It leads to the domain of spice , and through its incense - laden atmosphere the way pro- ceeds to the scent bazaar , perhaps the most delect- able in Cairo ...
... gives upon a dark and aromatic alley , whence waft all the odors of Arabia . It leads to the domain of spice , and through its incense - laden atmosphere the way pro- ceeds to the scent bazaar , perhaps the most delect- able in Cairo ...
Page 59
... give it a name which it hardly deserves . Entrance is had , as in all the mosques of note , by ticket at a fixed price , not to mention the distribution of largess here and there during the in- spection MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 59.
... give it a name which it hardly deserves . Entrance is had , as in all the mosques of note , by ticket at a fixed price , not to mention the distribution of largess here and there during the in- spection MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 59.
Page 63
... gives to Cairo its undying charm . Without it the city would be voted stale and unprofitable in a few days ' time . Fine as its European quarter is , and magnificent as is its museum with its priceless store of antiquities , Cairo after ...
... gives to Cairo its undying charm . Without it the city would be voted stale and unprofitable in a few days ' time . Fine as its European quarter is , and magnificent as is its museum with its priceless store of antiquities , Cairo after ...
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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