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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)
    the editor is indebted for the account of the Nile-voyage as far as and including Philæ; Prof. Dümichen contributed the descriptions of the temples of and , of the town of Ḳeneh, and of the caravan...
    ]A government tax of 100 pias. (20 6) is levied upon all visitors to the monuments of , to be devoted to the maintenance of such monuments. The tax may be paid and cards admitting to the temples etc. obtained...
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    Egypt: handbook for travellers [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1898)
    temple, or tomb, etc., he will find adequate guidance on the spot in that portion of our description 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, for example, may in this manner be accomplished in about an hour, which is approximately the time allowed...
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    Egypt: handbook for travellers [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1908)
    the traveller to have previously read at his leisure our account of the origin, history, and significance of a particular temple, or tomb, etc., he will find adequate guidance on the spot in that portion of our description...
    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...
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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)
    .The steamer leaves early. and Girgeh are generally passed before noon, and shortly after Bellianah, which is the starting-point for visiting Abydus; but the visit to this beautiful temple is better...
    breakfast. Donkeys will be in readiness on the left bank of the river, opposite the town, to take the passengers to the Temple of , about half-an-hour's ride. This being...
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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)
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    A handbook for travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt [Electronic Version] 

    John Murray (Firm) (Rice University, 1888)
    handbook, and everything has been done to make the work as complete and useful for travellers as possible. Some new plans of temples have been supplied by Mr. Phené Spiers.HISMurray's Handbook of EgyptYear by year...
    barometer, and all instruments.Field-glasses, or telescope.Measuring-tape.Writing,drawing, and painting materials.Magnesium wire and a lamp for burning it in. Very necessary for properly seeing tombs and excavated temples...
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    Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1914)
    at KarnakSketch Plan of KarnakTemple of Ammon at KarnakPlan of the Necropolis of ThebesPlan of the Tombs of the Kings at Bîbân el-MulûkTemple of Sethos I. at ḲurnaTomb of Ramses IVTomb of Ramses IXTomb of Amenephthes...
    of the origin, history, and significance of a particular temple or tomb, etc., he will find adequate guidance on the spot in that portion of our description that is printed...
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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)
    in . Illustration of title-pageTHE NILENotes for Travellers in Egypt.E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D., D.LIT., F.S.A., .WITH TWO MAPS, PLANS OF TEMPLES, AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONSLONDONCAIRO...
    to those who may wish to spell out the royal names on tombs, and temples, and the commoner words which occur in the inscriptions.In transcribing Arabic names of places, the system in general use throughout Europe has been employed...
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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)
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    A Thousand Miles Up The Nile [Electronic Version] 

    Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892 (Rice University, 1890)
    -CUT TEMPLE. ABOU SIMBEL. NUBIA. Illustration of title-pageA THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILEBYAMELIA B. EDWARDSAUTHOR OF ‘UNTRODDEN PEAKS AND UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS,’ ‘LORD BRACKENBURY.’ ‘BARBARA'S HISTORY,’ ETC...
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