Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 82
... sacred precints of the pyramid tombs . For the present it is high time to seek the donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and tumult of the town , and seek the shelter that awaits us there . There remains one other ...
... sacred precints of the pyramid tombs . For the present it is high time to seek the donkeys at the foot of the shelving path , regain the dust and tumult of the town , and seek the shelter that awaits us there . There remains one other ...
Page 87
... sacred and holy ground . There is another large Coptic church not many rods away , gloriously furbished up and restored after the blatant manner of most restorations ; but it cannot compare with the delightful old shrine of St. Sergius ...
... sacred and holy ground . There is another large Coptic church not many rods away , gloriously furbished up and restored after the blatant manner of most restorations ; but it cannot compare with the delightful old shrine of St. Sergius ...
Page 104
... sacred pre- cints of Abydos , where it was thought the body- or main portion , at least — of Osiris was laid . Even those who could not be buried there permanently were carried to the shrine of the God for " justification , " and by ...
... sacred pre- cints of Abydos , where it was thought the body- or main portion , at least — of Osiris was laid . Even those who could not be buried there permanently were carried to the shrine of the God for " justification , " and by ...
Page 106
... sacred , such as crocodiles and the temple beasts and birds , held in reverence as allied to the several gods — the bulls , for example , that were held sacred to Ptah and buried in such imposing sarcophagi in the Serapeum at Sakkâra ...
... sacred , such as crocodiles and the temple beasts and birds , held in reverence as allied to the several gods — the bulls , for example , that were held sacred to Ptah and buried in such imposing sarcophagi in the Serapeum at Sakkâra ...
Page 156
... sacred bulls . The grand works of the Eighteenth Dynasty at Karnak will be foregone - but he will miss little that is more ancient and little that is more impressive . There be triple ways to take in going to Sakkâra . First and most ...
... sacred bulls . The grand works of the Eighteenth Dynasty at Karnak will be foregone - but he will miss little that is more ancient and little that is more impressive . There be triple ways to take in going to Sakkâra . First and most ...
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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