Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 21
... hand . And there are not wanting able advocates of the policy that Great Britain should step more into the open , as the part dictated both by the needs of Egypt and by the demands of sincerity and candor . Opinions differ seriously as ...
... hand . And there are not wanting able advocates of the policy that Great Britain should step more into the open , as the part dictated both by the needs of Egypt and by the demands of sincerity and candor . Opinions differ seriously as ...
Page 22
Philip Sanford Marden. hand will be maintained than formerly , and many will not be sorry to have it so . The Egypt of to - day is in no wise to be compared with the Egypt of fifty years ago . Her house has been set in order . Her people ...
Philip Sanford Marden. hand will be maintained than formerly , and many will not be sorry to have it so . The Egypt of to - day is in no wise to be compared with the Egypt of fifty years ago . Her house has been set in order . Her people ...
Page 24
... hands . The former , an illustration of which is given here , is locally known as the " sakiyeh " ; the latter and decidedly the more common in Upper Egypt , is SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf 24 EGYPTIAN DAYS A SAKIYEH.
... hands . The former , an illustration of which is given here , is locally known as the " sakiyeh " ; the latter and decidedly the more common in Upper Egypt , is SAKIYEI - DRIVEN BY A CAMEL called the " shadouf 24 EGYPTIAN DAYS A SAKIYEH.
Page 26
... hand on the choicest of all the Nile treasures , but it is all to no purpose . The modern world simply can- not be asked to halt for the world of the long ago . And while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our ...
... hand on the choicest of all the Nile treasures , but it is all to no purpose . The modern world simply can- not be asked to halt for the world of the long ago . And while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our ...
Page 31
... of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
... of the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one ap- proaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the wonder is likely to MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 31.
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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