Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 39
... . From here the entire town lies un- folded to your view , its close - packed houses broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 39.
... . From here the entire town lies un- folded to your view , its close - packed houses broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO 39.
Page 40
... fact than it is likely to do when you come to inspect it in detail below . Take a long look , there- fore , from the lofty platform and appreciate the mag- - nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the 40 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... fact than it is likely to do when you come to inspect it in detail below . Take a long look , there- fore , from the lofty platform and appreciate the mag- - nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the 40 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 41
Philip Sanford Marden. nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the valley broadens to the Delta , and its wealth of slender towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even ...
Philip Sanford Marden. nitude of the town , its wonderful situation where the valley broadens to the Delta , and its wealth of slender towers and domes . Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even ...
Page 43
... town to the bank of the river , if you please , and then work backward , for thus we shall be afforded some illu- minating contrasts between West and East . One must travel something like a mile eastward from the river before reaching ...
... town to the bank of the river , if you please , and then work backward , for thus we shall be afforded some illu- minating contrasts between West and East . One must travel something like a mile eastward from the river before reaching ...
Page 45
... town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn , latticed windows , dusky shops , wayside kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a ...
... town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native merchants , de- lighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn , latticed windows , dusky shops , wayside kitchens , venders of every sort and kind . Now and then a ...
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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