by the sea, which is plainly shown by the fossils embedded in the rocks, and which lie scattered over its highest deserts.As the sea receded, the Nile, then a mighty river...
of Africa.In this way the Egypt of history has been formed, but, surrounded as it is by sandy wastes, and often swept by hot desert winds, no rain falls to bring life to the fields, or enable...

of the star-spangled vault And this apparent radiation from within, by its lack of likelihood, makes them seem more awful.And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand...
in the hollows and far away, this wonderful silver moon reveals even their slightest gestures; for their white robes and black cloaks stand sharply out against the monotonous rose of the desert. At times they call...

combination of eastern and western attire, very characteristic of the mongrel population of . It consisted of a Turkish fez, an Arab , baggy linen knickerbockers, and a pair of unmistakable...
spreading his prayer-carpet in the roadway, and performing his devotions, as little disturbed by the bustle around him as though he were alone in the desert.parvenuIN AN EGYPTIAN STREET.en route...

of more than a quarter of a century with Eastern lands and peoples, and ten years passed in high command in Egypt itself, with unlimited opportunities for study and observation in every direction, may...
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of the Bible and the Pharaohs.Queer Things about JapanQueerThings about PersiaI have also much to say about the exhilaration of riding and camping in the desert; the utterly strange life in the Great Oasis; the comedy of the Nile...
it falling into the hands of the Crusaders. In the mounds of sand heaped upon its ruins by the winds of the desert any one who likes can fossick for the remains of Arab pottery (all dating...

of the Caliphs, or at night, when the bazars were deserted and the moon was high, to gaze upon the fairy lineaments of those three royal mosques in the Street of the Coppersmiths...
-el-; while the Turf Club, the Hôtel d'Angleterre, the British Consulate Offices, the English Church, and the Office of the Eastern Telegraph Company are all situated in the centre...

.Of the fascination of Egyptian travel, of the charm of the Nile, of the unexpected and surpassing beauty of the desert, of the ruins which are the wonder of the world, I have said enough elsewhere. I must, however, add...
that the Big Head knows it all, whatever it may be. He has never heard of the morning-song of Memnon; but he fancies, somehow, that those closed lips might speak if questioned. Fellâh and are alone together in the desert...

interminable line of faces of rare perfection that passes every Sunday. The Greeks particularly are admirable; they become very soon a little corpulent, but it is the common lot of the Eastern women, and here at least this kind of charm is very highly esteemed...

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...