Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 135
... half mythology , it seems a very recent date when compared with the first introduction of the Egyptian calendar . By the age of Troy the really important part of Egyptian history was over and done with . We have the record in ...
... half mythology , it seems a very recent date when compared with the first introduction of the Egyptian calendar . By the age of Troy the really important part of Egyptian history was over and done with . We have the record in ...
Page 139
... half had not been told . Ruddy and appallingly steep they had towered dimly into what was left of the sunset , and the moon , round and full , was climbing the east and silvering the desert from which the last rays of the sun had fled ...
... half had not been told . Ruddy and appallingly steep they had towered dimly into what was left of the sunset , and the moon , round and full , was climbing the east and silvering the desert from which the last rays of the sun had fled ...
Page 142
... half buried in the sands , was de- serted save for our little group . The moon softened the gaze of its sightless eyes and threw the sharp shadow of its mighty back upon the face of the desert . The visage wore the mystic look which ...
... half buried in the sands , was de- serted save for our little group . The moon softened the gaze of its sightless eyes and threw the sharp shadow of its mighty back upon the face of the desert . The visage wore the mystic look which ...
Page 150
... half feet and each side measures six hundred and ninety and a half feet . The difference , therefore , at the present time is very slight , and owing to the fact that the Second Pyramid stands on slightly higher ground , besides ...
... half feet and each side measures six hundred and ninety and a half feet . The difference , therefore , at the present time is very slight , and owing to the fact that the Second Pyramid stands on slightly higher ground , besides ...
Page 163
... half - ruinous condition of other " real pryamids " in the vicinity . But it remains a thing to view from afar , and other things at Sakkâra demand a much greater amount of time with a correspondingly greater re- ward in interest . I ...
... half - ruinous condition of other " real pryamids " in the vicinity . But it remains a thing to view from afar , and other things at Sakkâra demand a much greater amount of time with a correspondingly greater re- ward in interest . I ...
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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