Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 76
Philip Sanford Marden. day , — and near it are some stones bearing what look like the imprints of a human foot . These are , of course , the vestiges of the Prophet . In a neighbor- ing chamber lie Kait Bey's four wives- the modest legal ...
Philip Sanford Marden. day , — and near it are some stones bearing what look like the imprints of a human foot . These are , of course , the vestiges of the Prophet . In a neighbor- ing chamber lie Kait Bey's four wives- the modest legal ...
Page 79
... looks rather like a toy . Beyond it spreads the hud- dled mass of the city buildings , an inundation of humanity and all its works overflowing the broad plain . The minarets rise here and there like needles IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 79.
... looks rather like a toy . Beyond it spreads the hud- dled mass of the city buildings , an inundation of humanity and all its works overflowing the broad plain . The minarets rise here and there like needles IN AND ABOUT CAIRO 79.
Page 81
... look upon shimmering in the heat . Its cliffs , down whose tawny faces the old river has eaten its way in ages gone , forbid as they allure . Change as they may in the waning light , from the pale yellow of high noon to the rich tints ...
... look upon shimmering in the heat . Its cliffs , down whose tawny faces the old river has eaten its way in ages gone , forbid as they allure . Change as they may in the waning light , from the pale yellow of high noon to the rich tints ...
Page 82
... looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with ...
... looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with ...
Page 90
... looks upon the very flesh and bone , the very faces and features , of Pharaohs who reigned long years before Moses led the Israelites out of bondage - long years , indeed , before Israel was even captive . Yet these are they ! This is ...
... looks upon the very flesh and bone , the very faces and features , of Pharaohs who reigned long years before Moses led the Israelites out of bondage - long years , indeed , before Israel was even captive . Yet these are they ! This is ...
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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