Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 39
... sure , they aver that one Mameluke escaped by causing his horse to leap through a breach in the parapet to the ravine below -but the point at which this is now said to have occurred seems inconsistent with the story of the massacre ...
... sure , they aver that one Mameluke escaped by causing his horse to leap through a breach in the parapet to the ravine below -but the point at which this is now said to have occurred seems inconsistent with the story of the massacre ...
Page 43
... the real East — an East that is largely on parade for the delectation of the sowaheen , to be sure , but genuine for all that . - Before the broad veranda of the famous hostelry passes MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 43.
... the real East — an East that is largely on parade for the delectation of the sowaheen , to be sure , but genuine for all that . - Before the broad veranda of the famous hostelry passes MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 43.
Page 94
... stated sup- ply of food and drink , might then regain its ancient earthly tenement , to preserve which the most as- tonishing care was taken . That assurance might be doubly sure , a second body was laid to 94 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... stated sup- ply of food and drink , might then regain its ancient earthly tenement , to preserve which the most as- tonishing care was taken . That assurance might be doubly sure , a second body was laid to 94 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 95
Philip Sanford Marden. be doubly sure , a second body was laid to rest in the same tomb with the mummy a statue carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied , so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to ...
Philip Sanford Marden. be doubly sure , a second body was laid to rest in the same tomb with the mummy a statue carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied , so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to ...
Page 103
... sure he knew and could remember at need the passwords and countersigns that Osiris and his train of lesser gods would demand . But the mummy was preserved as carefully as before and the service of the ka was kept up as of old - with the ...
... sure he knew and could remember at need the passwords and countersigns that Osiris and his train of lesser gods would demand . But the mummy was preserved as carefully as before and the service of the ka was kept up as of old - with 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