Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 71
... later . As for the zoo , it cannot be over - praised and every one goes to see it again and again . Never have I seen such delightful animals - even the ugliest being thoroughly charming and attractive ! For this I sup- pose the ...
... later . As for the zoo , it cannot be over - praised and every one goes to see it again and again . Never have I seen such delightful animals - even the ugliest being thoroughly charming and attractive ! For this I sup- pose the ...
Page 82
... Later we shall have occasion to come to closer grips with the desert and to invade the sacred precints of the pyramid tombs . For the present it is high time to seek the donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and ...
... Later we shall have occasion to come to closer grips with the desert and to invade the sacred precints of the pyramid tombs . For the present it is high time to seek the donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and ...
Page 97
... later ; and it may easily have been meant as an alternative body , failing any other , when the ka should seek once more to resume its old abode . In any case its excellence is sufficient to make it a worthy fellow of the wooden Shekh ...
... later ; and it may easily have been meant as an alternative body , failing any other , when the ka should seek once more to resume its old abode . In any case its excellence is sufficient to make it a worthy fellow of the wooden Shekh ...
Page 99
... later pyramid . In its best estate , the mastaba tomb consisted of a rectangular building aboveground , with sloping CERDAY CHAPEL FALIR DOOR GROUND PLAN SHAFT OF MASTABA TOMB sides and not of great height , in which was hollowed out ...
... later pyramid . In its best estate , the mastaba tomb consisted of a rectangular building aboveground , with sloping CERDAY CHAPEL FALIR DOOR GROUND PLAN SHAFT OF MASTABA TOMB sides and not of great height , in which was hollowed out ...
Page 102
... later in the time of Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when absolute secrecy had come to be even more essential than ever in order that ...
... later in the time of Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when absolute secrecy had come to be even more essential than ever in order that ...
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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