Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 74
... hundred great reels of yellow fibre are located there , served by twice that number of youths clad in the blue garments of the country . Each bears a long spindle on which the yel- low fibre is wound , and they race to and fro across ...
... hundred great reels of yellow fibre are located there , served by twice that number of youths clad in the blue garments of the country . Each bears a long spindle on which the yel- low fibre is wound , and they race to and fro across ...
Page 75
... hundred years . Its mosaics and arabesque win- dows are in admirable preservation . Under a lofty dome lies the actual sepulchre of the sultan , rather modest affair , as were all such tombs at that — a day , — and near it are some ...
... hundred years . Its mosaics and arabesque win- dows are in admirable preservation . Under a lofty dome lies the actual sepulchre of the sultan , rather modest affair , as were all such tombs at that — a day , — and near it are some ...
Page 127
... hundred gates , becomes a famous city destined to a certain immortality . By this time the power of the priests of Ammon has increased to such an extent that their ranks appear to furnish the regular recruiting of the royal house . The ...
... hundred gates , becomes a famous city destined to a certain immortality . By this time the power of the priests of Ammon has increased to such an extent that their ranks appear to furnish the regular recruiting of the royal house . The ...
Page 132
... hundred and thirty daughters ! His mummy , with that of Seti , his father , lies in the Cairo museum ; and while many other bodies older than his lie there also , the chief object of interest is always the mummy of the great Rameses ...
... hundred and thirty daughters ! His mummy , with that of Seti , his father , lies in the Cairo museum ; and while many other bodies older than his lie there also , the chief object of interest is always the mummy of the great Rameses ...
Page 133
... Hundreds of notable names and events are deliberately omitted from our account . Ages are dis- missed in paragraphs . Each one of these monarchs , however , we shall have occasion to refer to again as we consider in more detail their ...
... Hundreds of notable names and events are deliberately omitted from our account . Ages are dis- missed in paragraphs . Each one of these monarchs , however , we shall have occasion to refer to again as we consider in more detail their ...
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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