Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Philip Sanford Marden. land , untutored in the minutiae of its history , and fairly uncritical of orthography so long as the names em- ployed serve to convey a definite idea of an undoubted personage , place , or period . With which ...
Philip Sanford Marden. land , untutored in the minutiae of its history , and fairly uncritical of orthography so long as the names em- ployed serve to convey a definite idea of an undoubted personage , place , or period . With which ...
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... land where English domination suffices to produce a surprisingly wide- spread use of the English tongue . The coinage of the country is readily mastered , especially by the Amer- ican , thanks to the similarity in size and value that ...
... land where English domination suffices to produce a surprisingly wide- spread use of the English tongue . The coinage of the country is readily mastered , especially by the Amer- ican , thanks to the similarity in size and value that ...
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... land , in spite of her disclaimers of actual suzerainty , virtually protects the country , and to some extent rules it , inasmuch as her resident " agent " has cer- tain ultimate powers over the official acts of the Khedive's ministers ...
... land , in spite of her disclaimers of actual suzerainty , virtually protects the country , and to some extent rules it , inasmuch as her resident " agent " has cer- tain ultimate powers over the official acts of the Khedive's ministers ...
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... more difficult . Nationalist agitation seems at this writing to be on the increase , making it necessary now and then to deal with the seditious journalists of the country with what in other lands would pass for a high MODERN EGYPT 19.
... more difficult . Nationalist agitation seems at this writing to be on the increase , making it necessary now and then to deal with the seditious journalists of the country with what in other lands would pass for a high MODERN EGYPT 19.
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Philip Sanford Marden. with what in other lands would pass for a high hand . - The great obstacle in the way of self - government is the prevailing illiteracy , despite the efforts to ex- tend and make comprehensive the school system ...
Philip Sanford Marden. with what in other lands would pass for a high hand . - The great obstacle in the way of self - government is the prevailing illiteracy , despite the efforts to ex- tend and make comprehensive the school system ...
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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