Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 91
... stand dumb and awed before these royal corpses stretched in silent majesty upon their bier . What if they could be en- dued with power to speak out ? How speedily those dead lips might confute our modern wisdom with all its dogmatizing ...
... stand dumb and awed before these royal corpses stretched in silent majesty upon their bier . What if they could be en- dued with power to speak out ? How speedily those dead lips might confute our modern wisdom with all its dogmatizing ...
Page 111
... is her common description . Perhaps it would be more exact to describe her as standing for the female power of nature , whence her attributes shade off into those of Mut , the fostering mother . Moreover , it is THE OLD RELIGION III.
... is her common description . Perhaps it would be more exact to describe her as standing for the female power of nature , whence her attributes shade off into those of Mut , the fostering mother . Moreover , it is THE OLD RELIGION III.
Page 138
... stand . Thus satisfied , Hassan cooed on contentedly in a voice lubricated by centuries of date - eating . To think ill of him was impossible . Tones like his would soothe a dying bed - and dwindle , and change , and blend into the ...
... stand . Thus satisfied , Hassan cooed on contentedly in a voice lubricated by centuries of date - eating . To think ill of him was impossible . Tones like his would soothe a dying bed - and dwindle , and change , and blend into the ...
Page 144
... , and if you dare to move from it until we're out of sight , I'll — well , I'll do something to you you won't like . Taraaf ? Under- stand that ? " That generally ended the debate , especially when accompanied by 144 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... , and if you dare to move from it until we're out of sight , I'll — well , I'll do something to you you won't like . Taraaf ? Under- stand that ? " That generally ended the debate , especially when accompanied by 144 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 150
... stands on slightly higher ground , besides retaining its apex , it appears from a distance to be the larger of the two . The third notable pyramid , that of Mycerinus , is but two hundred and four feet in the perpendicular and its side ...
... stands on slightly higher ground , besides retaining its apex , it appears from a distance to be the larger of the two . The third notable pyramid , that of Mycerinus , is but two hundred and four feet in the perpendicular and its side ...
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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