Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 40
... narrow postern , the cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for bar- racks ...
... narrow postern , the cliffs still seem sufficiently dis- tant to warrant the use of the present hill as the loca- tion for a fort . Time , however , has changed all that -and to - day the sole use of the Citadel is for bar- racks ...
Page 41
... narrow door , selling tickets of admission and tying on the necessary yellow shoes - for never may one set trim Christian boots within the ground sacred to Allah . Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further must lave ...
... narrow door , selling tickets of admission and tying on the necessary yellow shoes - for never may one set trim Christian boots within the ground sacred to Allah . Mohammedans must go barefoot to the shrine , and further must lave ...
Page 46
... narrow street . There is no sidewalk worthy the name . Horse and foot , donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through the press with warning ...
... narrow street . There is no sidewalk worthy the name . Horse and foot , donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through the press with warning ...
Page 54
... narrow thoroughfare beneath . You enter it from the street of Mohammed Ali , ascending a flight of steps to the great main door , a lofty arch , something more than eighty feet in height , and ornamented , as is so much of this ancient ...
... narrow thoroughfare beneath . You enter it from the street of Mohammed Ali , ascending a flight of steps to the great main door , a lofty arch , something more than eighty feet in height , and ornamented , as is so much of this ancient ...
Page 68
... narrow and its sidewalks are absurdly inadequate . But it is not too much to say that no bridge in the world can equal it for genuine interest and infinite variety of scene . Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the ...
... narrow and its sidewalks are absurdly inadequate . But it is not too much to say that no bridge in the world can equal it for genuine interest and infinite variety of scene . Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the ...
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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