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    Egypt through the stereoscope : a journey through the land of the Pharaohs [Electronic Version] 

    Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935 (Rice University, 1908)
    to , or the , as the cataract obstructing the river is usually called, because it is the first one met in the ascent. Egypt was and is, therefore, a vast trench in the , to which we must add...
    vast realm, the first organized empire known in history, extending from the upper waters of the Euphrates to the fourth cataract of the Nile. All that honor, which, following...
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    Egypt, handbook for travellers: part second, upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the second cataract and the western oases [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1892)
    CATARACT AND THE WESTERN OASESK. BAEDEKER [Image of Page fpc]PREFACE. [Image of Page v]The present volume forms the second part of the Editor's the first part of which...
    to make connection with the ocean-steamers.e.g.For the Mail and Tourist Steamers between the First and Second Cataract Philæ to Wadi Ḥalfah), see p. 299.b. The Dhahabîyeh Voyage...
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    Cook's tourists' handbook for Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert [Electronic Version] 

    Thomas Cook Ltd. [Corporate author] (Rice University, 1897)
    of the Company's plant and property at .C Steamer Service between the First and Second Cataracts is carried on by First Class Tourist Steamers between Philæ and Wadi-Halfa in connection...
    , and seven more are allowed for trips to the Second Cataract. C Mail Steamers, leaving twice weekly, enable those who wish to visit both the First and Second Cataracts to do so in less...
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    A handbook for travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt [Electronic Version] 

    John Murray (Firm) (Rice University, 1888)
    as when it was first published until 1873, when a thorough revision, and even re-casting of the work became necessary. Since that date Egypt has certainly not stood still: and its modern progress has been more than...
    by the complete account now given for the first time of the Mosques, Tombs, Dervish Monasteries, and principal Religious Festivals.The Editor has again to repeat his acknowledgments to those gentlemen whose...
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    The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt [Electronic Version] 

    Budge, E. A. Wallis Sir, 1857-1934. (Ernest Alfred Wallis) (Rice University, 1902)
    The Book of the Dead (Papyri of Hunger, Anthia, Nu, Queen Netchemet, Kerâsher, etc.)sFirst Steps in EgyptiansAn Egyptian Reading Book for BeginnerssThe Dwellers on the NilesThe Sarcophagus of AnkhnesneferabrasdThe Mummy...
    of KHET-NETER and ḤEN NEKHT, kings of the IIIrd Dynasty. The first of these names is the Horus name of the well-known king Tcheser, who built a pyramid at Saḳḳâra, and is famous as the king who...
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    Hand-book for travellers in Egypt; including descriptions of the course of the Nile to the second cataract, Alexandria, Cairo, the pyramids, and Thebes, the overland transit to India, the peninsula of Mount Sinai, the oases, &c. Being a new edition, corrected and condensed, of "Modern Egypt and Thebes" [Electronic Version] 

    Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875 (Rice University, 1847)
    ;INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COURSE OF THE NILE TO THE SECOND CATARACT, ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, THE PYRAMIDS, AND THEBES, THE OVERLAND TRANSIT TO INDIA, THE PENINSULA OF MOUNT SINAI, THE OASES, &c.SIR GARDNER...
    (or less if shared by two persons), making the total, according to the second calculation, 139 10 l.s.l.s.It may be observed — 1st. That the first of the above...
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    Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1914)
    .Luxor (p. 353), situated at the First Cataract, also on the right bank of the river, is the dryest of the Egyptian health-resorts and may be specially recommended in winter, when N. Egypt...
    or appear for the first time in the present edition. The spelling of the names on the maps of the and of the from Cairo to Assuân (3 sheets) follows the official French transliteration...
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    Egypt: handbook for travellers [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1908)
    that is printed in larger type, while those who have time and inclination for a more thorough examination, will find additional particulars in small type. A first visit to the Temple of Dendera...
    ‘Abd el-ḲurnaMap of the Environs of AssuânMap of the Island of Map of the Nile from Assuân to the Second CataractMap of the Environs of Kharṭûm...
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    Egypt, handbook for travellers.Pt. 1. Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1885)
    . AND THE PENINSULA OF SINAI. The Delta, Illustration of title-pageEGYPT. HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERSPART FIRST: LOWER EGYPT...
    FOR THE EAST now in course of preparation, and designed, like the Editor's European handbooks, for the guidance of travellers.The materials from which the first edition of the Handbook for was compiled were partly...

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