Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 83
... ride affording an illuminat- ing contrast between the old and the new , for most of the way lies through the handsomest residential quarter of the city , down by the Roda ferry , and fin- ally comes to an end in Old Cairo , an ...
... ride affording an illuminat- ing contrast between the old and the new , for most of the way lies through the handsomest residential quarter of the city , down by the Roda ferry , and fin- ally comes to an end in Old Cairo , an ...
Page 138
... ride to be found in all Egypt . The price would be two shillings — including everything . We were new to Egypt , and believed . - There is about as much need of a camel to ride out to the Sphinx as there is of a life - preserver in the ...
... ride to be found in all Egypt . The price would be two shillings — including everything . We were new to Egypt , and believed . - There is about as much need of a camel to ride out to the Sphinx as there is of a life - preserver in the ...
Page 140
... ride is the beginning and the ending thereof . The downsitting and up- rising of the brute is a complicated process at best , but most so when one is mounted . I approached the larger camel and obediently seated myself on his extreme ...
... ride is the beginning and the ending thereof . The downsitting and up- rising of the brute is a complicated process at best , but most so when one is mounted . I approached the larger camel and obediently seated myself on his extreme ...
Page 143
... ride , he called ' Rom- ses . ' And the camel the lady ride , he called ' Lovely- Nice ' ! " I exploded . It seemed a name to conjure with . " Lovely - Nice , he been to Chicago . You know Chicago ? " pursued Hassan in his commiserating ...
... ride , he called ' Rom- ses . ' And the camel the lady ride , he called ' Lovely- Nice ' ! " I exploded . It seemed a name to conjure with . " Lovely - Nice , he been to Chicago . You know Chicago ? " pursued Hassan in his commiserating ...
Page 157
... ride , the last is far and away the best . But it should be added , in some haste , that there is advan- tage to be derived in returning to Cairo by rail ; for otherwise the colossi of Rameses , which now form the sole surviving ...
... ride , the last is far and away the best . But it should be added , in some haste , that there is advan- tage to be derived in returning to Cairo by rail ; for otherwise the colossi of Rameses , which now form the sole surviving ...
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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