Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 53
... past great- ness which it contains . Some are very old , like the grand mosque of Sultan Hassan , with its vast spaces , its aged doors , and its general flavor of mild decay . Others are merely magnificent , like that huge sep- ulchral ...
... past great- ness which it contains . Some are very old , like the grand mosque of Sultan Hassan , with its vast spaces , its aged doors , and its general flavor of mild decay . Others are merely magnificent , like that huge sep- ulchral ...
Page 63
... amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
... amiss to mention them here- that the reader may be so much the better equipped for dealing with the street venders who are sometimes unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 63.
Page 64
Philip Sanford Marden. unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past Shepheard's . Everybody who comes to Egypt is fitted out with one word expressive of dismissal , - " Imshi ! " Everybody makes indiscriminate use of it ...
Philip Sanford Marden. unduly importunate , especially in the street that leads past Shepheard's . Everybody who comes to Egypt is fitted out with one word expressive of dismissal , - " Imshi ! " Everybody makes indiscriminate use of it ...
Page 69
... past , as they doubtless did in the days of Abraham and Joseph . The carts laden with native women from outlying villages presumably show little change from the time of the Pharaohs . The smart carriages of the rich , with their ...
... past , as they doubtless did in the days of Abraham and Joseph . The carts laden with native women from outlying villages presumably show little change from the time of the Pharaohs . The smart carriages of the rich , with their ...
Page 80
... past , striding along the horizon as far as the eye can see , from the distant bulk of the false pyramid of Medun to the gigantic mass of Cheops across the way in Ghizeh . There is no panorama like unto it elsewhere in the world . The ...
... past , striding along the horizon as far as the eye can see , from the distant bulk of the false pyramid of Medun to the gigantic mass of Cheops across the way in Ghizeh . There is no panorama like unto it elsewhere in the world . 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