Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Philip Sanford Marden. DESERT TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL HILLS MOKATTAM CITADEL MOSQUE OF MOHAMEDALI EL AZHAR BAZAAR DISTRICT SULTAN HASSAN EZBEKIYEM GARDEN MOHAMMED ALI ST PALACE PONTINENTAL RAILROAD TO HELOVAN TO OLD CAIRO IMAD ...
Philip Sanford Marden. DESERT TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL HILLS MOKATTAM CITADEL MOSQUE OF MOHAMEDALI EL AZHAR BAZAAR DISTRICT SULTAN HASSAN EZBEKIYEM GARDEN MOHAMMED ALI ST PALACE PONTINENTAL RAILROAD TO HELOVAN TO OLD CAIRO IMAD ...
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... tomb under one of the corner domes . The first view of the edifice reveals a broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east ...
... tomb under one of the corner domes . The first view of the edifice reveals a broad and sunlit court , arcaded all around , paved with stone , and provided with the customary fountain . The actual building lies entirely to the east ...
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... tombs of past great- ness which it contains . Some are very old , like the grand mosque of Sultan Hassan , with its ... tomb - mosque of Kait Bey . But in the main all are alike , and if not all can be visited there is a certain ...
... tombs of past great- ness which it contains . Some are very old , like the grand mosque of Sultan Hassan , with its ... tomb - mosque of Kait Bey . But in the main all are alike , and if not all can be visited there is a certain ...
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... tombs containing pious dust , in which case they are marked by domes . Grandest and best of all the mosques in Cairo , though sadly ruined by time and now in the throes of restoration , is the huge and hoary mosque of Sul- tan Hassan ...
... tombs containing pious dust , in which case they are marked by domes . Grandest and best of all the mosques in Cairo , though sadly ruined by time and now in the throes of restoration , is the huge and hoary mosque of Sul- tan Hassan ...
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... tomb - mosques , such as that of Kait Bey , of which more will be said when we consider the tombs of the Caliphs . In that case the central court appears entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts ...
... tomb - mosques , such as that of Kait Bey , of which more will be said when we consider the tombs of the Caliphs . In that case the central court appears entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts ...
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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