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Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1874)
SheikHousseinHearing of him againBuyingProvisions andFurnitureAbd-elAttiContract for
theNileVoyageThePhantom, myBoatDescription of theBoatServantsFerrajjHassanHajjiMohammed, theCookMoney-changerTheDepartureAllAboardFirstNight on the...
NileSound of theMuezzinCallAnObligingGovernmentNileMudFirstImpressions of theNileBenisoefAbd-elAtti thrashes aNativeWildPigsAbouGirgGoing forMilkMoonlightScene in aMudVillageRemains of...
NileSound of theMuezzinCallAnObligingGovernmentNileMudFirstImpressions of theNileBenisoefAbd-elAtti thrashes aNativeWildPigsAbouGirgGoing forMilkMoonlightScene in aMudVillageRemains of...
Egypt through the stereoscope : a journey through the land of the Pharaohs [Electronic Version]
(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...
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...
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)
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...
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...
A Thousand Miles Up The Nile [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1890)
.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...
, 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...
Egypt [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1910)
,
but the
Mohammedan era, though commencing nearly 200 years before
Egbert was crowned first King of England, continues to the
present day, and the beautiful mosques, as their churches are
called (many...
the southern half of Spain, and to-day the Faith of Islam, as their religion is called, is the third largest in the world.Equally surprising as their accession to power is the very beautiful art they created, first in Egypt...
the southern half of Spain, and to-day the Faith of Islam, as their religion is called, is the third largest in the world.Equally surprising as their accession to power is the very beautiful art they created, first in Egypt...
Cook's tourists' handbook for Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert [Electronic Version]
(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...
, 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...
To-day on the Nile [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1905)
.OPYRIGHTBYAMESOTTOF I, N, 1905IRSTMPRESSIONSOVEMBER
To MY FATHER
PREFACE
M motives may bring the
tourist to Egypt. But when he first sets...
foot on her shores, or rather even when his thoughts first turn thither, he feels that Egypt is something more than a mere health or pleasure resort. Egypt has a history longer and more...
foot on her shores, or rather even when his thoughts first turn thither, he feels that Egypt is something more than a mere health or pleasure resort. Egypt has a history longer and more...
A handbook for travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt [Electronic Version]
(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...
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 Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt [Electronic Version]
(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...
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...
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]
(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...
(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...