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Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1914)
innumerable monuments has pointed with ever-growing certainty to the valley of
the Nile as the cradle of history and of human culture. At the same time Egypt,
like other Eastern countries, possesses high natural...
districts contrasted with the solemn desert, and the manners, customs, and appearance of a most interesting and most diversified population.The HANDBOOK TO EGYPT, of which the present is the seventh edition, is founded...
districts contrasted with the solemn desert, and the manners, customs, and appearance of a most interesting and most diversified population.The HANDBOOK TO EGYPT, of which the present is the seventh edition, is founded...
Egypt: handbook for travellers [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1908)
to the valley of
the Nile as the cradle of history and of human culture. At the same time Egypt,
like other Eastern countries, possesses high natural attractions, in the
peculiar charms of its Oriental...
climate, the singularly clear atmosphere, the wonderful colouring and effects of light and shade, the exuberant fertility of the cultivated districts contrasted with the solemn, awe-inspiring desert...
climate, the singularly clear atmosphere, the wonderful colouring and effects of light and shade, the exuberant fertility of the cultivated districts contrasted with the solemn, awe-inspiring desert...
Egypt, handbook for travellers.Pt. 1. Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1885)
districts contrasted with the solemn, awe-inspiring desert, and the manners,
customs, and appearance of a most interesting, though not always pleasing,
population. At the same time Egypt is pre-eminent among...
), a sultry, parching, and enervating wind from the desert, prevailing at longer or shorter intervals for about fifty days (whence the name), though in some seasons...
), a sultry, parching, and enervating wind from the desert, prevailing at longer or shorter intervals for about fifty days (whence the name), though in some seasons...
Egypt: handbook for travellers [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1898)
to the valley of the Nile as the cradle of history and of
human culture. At the same time Egypt, like other Eastern countries, possesses
high natural attractions, in the peculiar charms of its Oriental climate...
, the singularly clear atmosphere, the wonderful colouring and effects of light and shade, the exuberant fertility of the cultivated districts contrasted with the solemn, awe-inspiring desert, and the manners, customs...
, the singularly clear atmosphere, the wonderful colouring and effects of light and shade, the exuberant fertility of the cultivated districts contrasted with the solemn, awe-inspiring desert, and the manners, customs...
Egypt, handbook for travellers: part second, upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the second cataract and the western oases [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1892)
Elephantine13th Day. its
bazaars, etc. Expedition to the tombs on (p. 269) recommended.Assuân,Mount Grenfell14th Day. Expedition into the desert on donkey or camel.
Then cross to the island...
an agreeable variety without adding much to the cost. For lunch 2–3 courses are usually demanded, and for dinner, soup, 3 courses, and desert.] All the dishes shall be well...
an agreeable variety without adding much to the cost. For lunch 2–3 courses are usually demanded, and for dinner, soup, 3 courses, and desert.] All the dishes shall be well...