Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 82
... tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with the dusk as surely comes the cold . Later we ...
... tower the pale cliffs of Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with the dusk as surely comes the cold . Later we ...
Page 90
... they are , these emperors of the long ago ! We who have come to think of Agamemnon as half mythical are brought face to face with those brave men who were before Agamemnon , who lived before Troy's towers rose , or 90 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... they are , these emperors of the long ago ! We who have come to think of Agamemnon as half mythical are brought face to face with those brave men who were before Agamemnon , who lived before Troy's towers rose , or 90 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 91
Philip Sanford Marden. Agamemnon , who lived before Troy's towers rose , or Greece was great , or even before Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brethren ! When this proud figure was erect and powerful , no man knew the name of Homer ...
Philip Sanford Marden. Agamemnon , who lived before Troy's towers rose , or Greece was great , or even before Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brethren ! When this proud figure was erect and powerful , no man knew the name of Homer ...
Page 203
... tower black and hard- baked in the sun . Along these have begun to appear the innumerable " shadoufs , " or improvised well- sweeps for lifting the water by easy stages from one level to another , until at the top it can be poured into ...
... tower black and hard- baked in the sun . Along these have begun to appear the innumerable " shadoufs , " or improvised well- sweeps for lifting the water by easy stages from one level to another , until at the top it can be poured into ...
Page 219
... towers , the tireless creaking of the shadoufs . The landing for Abydos we have passed without a call , leaving it for the down - trip , and noting as we passed only its deep intervale of spreading green . This afternoon we passed the ...
... towers , the tireless creaking of the shadoufs . The landing for Abydos we have passed without a call , leaving it for the down - trip , and noting as we passed only its deep intervale of spreading green . This afternoon we passed 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