| dc.contributor.author | Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947
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| dc.coverage.spatial | Alexandria (Egypt); Cairo (Egypt); Asyūţ (Egypt); Thebes (Egypt); Luxor (Egypt); Isnā (Egypt); Al Jīzah (Egypt); Idfū (Egypt); Aswān (Egypt); Philae (Egypt); Al Fayyūm (Egypt); Abīdūs, Ma‘bad (Egypt); Nile River; Damietta (Egypt); Abū Qīr (Egypt); Dandarah (Egypt); Al Karnak (Egypt); Aswān, Jazīrat (Egypt)
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2007-10-23T07:26:31Z
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| dc.date.available |
2007-10-23T07:26:31Z
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| dc.date.issued |
1911
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| dc.identifier.citation |
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947. "Queer things about Egypt [Electronic Version]." (1911) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/9298.
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/9298 |
| dc.description.tableofcontents |
Contents: PREFACE. THE CALL OF EGYPT -- INTRODUCTION. CAIRO AN ARAB CITY OF THE
MIDDLE AGES --
PART I Anecdotes Illustrating the Egyptian Character -- I. ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE IN EGYPT -- II. ON THE HUMOURS OF THE SUFFRAGI, THE
EGYPTIAN SERVANT -- III. HOW FOREIGNERS LIVE IN CAIRO -- IV. QUEER THINGS ABOUT CAIRO SOCIETY -- V. THE WOES OF THE EGYPTIAN HOUSEKEEPER -- VI. MORE ABOUT AGENORIA'S SERVANTS -- VII. DOING BUSINESS WITH EGYPTIANS -- VIII. THE PASHA -- IX. THE NAUGHTY PRINCESS -- X. CHIPS FROM THE COURT -- XI. THE MAN ABOUT TOWN IN EGYPT -- XII. THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY EGYPTIAN 100 -- XIII. THE GYPS AT HOME -- XIV. ON THE HUMOURS OF EGYPTIAN HOTELS -- XV. THE EGYPTIAN'S IDEA OF SERVING HIS COUNTRY -- XVI. OF THE HUMOURS OF EGYPTIAN DONKEY-BOYS -- XVII. ON THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS TO BUY IN EGYPT -- PART II the Nile—From Alexandria to Assuan -- XVIII. LANDING AT ALEXANDRIA -- XIX. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE FORGOTTEN CLEOPATRA -- XX. THE EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS -- XXI. DAMIETTA -- XXII. ROSETTA -- XXIII. ABÛKIR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE -- XXIV. A VISIT TO THE FAYUM, THE LAND OF A THOUSAND DAYS -- XXV. ASSYUT AND ABYDOS -- XXVI. CROSSING THE LIBYAN DESERT TO THE GREAT OASIS -- XXVII. THE MARVELS OF THE GREAT OASIS—HERODOTUS'S “ISLAND OF THE BLEST” -- XXVIII. CLEOPATRA'S TEMPLE OF DENDERAH -- XXIX. LUXOR, THE CITY OF THE LOTUS-EATER -- XXX. THE TOMBS OF THE PHARAOHS AT THEBES -- XXXI. HUNDRED-PYLONED THEBES -- XXXII. THREE GREAT TEMPLES—ESNA, EDFU, AND
KOMOMBO -- XXXIII. ASSUAN, THE CITY OF THE IDLE WEALTHY -- XXXIV. THE GREAT DAM OF ASSUAN -- XXXV. ELEPHANTINE -- XXXVI. PHILÆ THE MELTED PEARL -- XXXVII. THE HUMOURS AND THE BEAUTIES OF THE NILE AS SEEN FROM COOK'S STEAMERS -- XXXVIII. LIFE AT LUXOR -- XXXIX. THE RUINS OF KARNAK -- XL. APPENDIX. PIERRE LOTI'S MISTAKES ABOUT EGYPT
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| dc.language.iso |
eng
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| dc.publisher |
Rice University
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| dc.relation.IsPartOfSeries |
This text is part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI), Rice University.
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| dc.rights |
This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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| dc.subject.lcsh | National characteristics, Egyptian
Egypt--Social life and customs
Egypt--Description and travel
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| dc.subject.other | Daily Life & Customs
Places & Architecture
History & Politics
Art & Artifacts
Religion & Festivals
Travel & Transportation
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| dc.title |
Queer things about Egypt [Electronic Version]
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| dc.digitization.specifications |
Images were captured using the TTI Better Light Super 8K2 digital scan-back system. Master Tiff images were scanned at 24-bit color, at 600 dpi for graphically intense images and 400 dpi for text. Textual materials are marked up in TEI/XML standard.
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| dc.source.original |
Original book: Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton. "Queer Things about Egypt.'" (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911). xxiii, 428 p. illus., plates, port., fold. map. 23 cm. From the collection of Dr. Paula Sanders, Rice University.
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| dc.contributor.funder |
Funding for the creation of this electronic text provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI), Rice University.
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| dc.date.digital |
2006
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| dc.format.xmlschema | http://www.tei-c.org/Lite/DTD/teixlite.dtd |
| dc.identifier.digital |
SlaQu
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| dc.source.provenance |
Fondren Library, Rice University, DT55 .S73 1911
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| dc.type.genre |
Book
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| dc.type.dcmi |
Text
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| dcterms.accessRights |
public domain
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