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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...

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...

.IRSTESTBURY-ONRYMOctoberPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.“Un voyage en égypte, c'est une partie d'ânes et une promenade en bateau entremêlées de ruines.”MPÈRE. A has put Egypt in an epigram. “A donkey-ride and a...
, cataract, everything included except wine—was about £10 per day.With regard to temperature, we found it cool—even cold, sometimes—in December and January; mild in February; very warm in March and April...

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...

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...

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...

;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...

dominion, from its capture by the Ottoman Turks in 1517 down to the present time. In short, we need consider it under two aspects merely, — first as the capital of the Caliphs, and next...
, and they have been termed god-kings. To emphasise the distinction, Menes and the kings of the first dynasty are designated as the first earthly kings of Egypt.As to the origin of the Egyptians, scholars are divided...

at its Cataract Hotel. , that has never known a winter, has a Winter Palace—a hotel on the same palatial scale. At the one, the northerner, flying from winter, can have his golf, his...
on their walls. Everything has its hieroglyphic explanation painted on it.There are few more impressive moments in your life than when you enter for the first time a perfect temple of ancient Egypt...