Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 36
... lie but a stone's throw south of Shepheard's and directly opposite the Continental , on the street which , under various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us ...
... lie but a stone's throw south of Shepheard's and directly opposite the Continental , on the street which , under various names , leads straight south- ward from the region of the railroad station to the palace of the Khedive . - Let us ...
Page 39
... lies and insistent for backsheesh . As for " watchmen " to " protect you , " — always the wailing plea of the designing beggar , - you need them far more in Broadway than on the Citadel . The best of all the views is to be had from a ...
... lies and insistent for backsheesh . As for " watchmen " to " protect you , " — always the wailing plea of the designing beggar , - you need them far more in Broadway than on the Citadel . The best of all the views is to be had from a ...
Page 42
... lies buried in a magnifi- cent tomb under one of the corner domes . The first view of the edifice reveals a broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies ...
... lies buried in a magnifi- cent tomb under one of the corner domes . The first view of the edifice reveals a broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies ...
Page 43
... lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels , smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees - the most ...
... lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac , is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels , smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees - the most ...
Page 44
... the simple life after its own interpreta- tion of the same , you must cross the European zone that lies nearest the Nile running north and south , dodge around the painfully modern bulk of the opera house 44 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... the simple life after its own interpreta- tion of the same , you must cross the European zone that lies nearest the Nile running north and south , dodge around the painfully modern bulk of the opera house 44 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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