The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
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... interesting which remains to be seen in Alexandria , notwithstanding the efforts of its inhabitants to turn it into a copy of Marseilles . The straight streets , the houses with green blinds , the photograph frames , and the red ...
... interesting which remains to be seen in Alexandria , notwithstanding the efforts of its inhabitants to turn it into a copy of Marseilles . The straight streets , the houses with green blinds , the photograph frames , and the red ...
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... interesting than Damanhour . A whistle , almost European in its prolonged shrillness , started us off again , and the aspect of the country changing rapidly , we felt that we were getting into the heart of Egypt , into the cultivated ...
... interesting than Damanhour . A whistle , almost European in its prolonged shrillness , started us off again , and the aspect of the country changing rapidly , we felt that we were getting into the heart of Egypt , into the cultivated ...
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... interesting and perilous position , and in order that they may not have to disarrange any of the arms of the museum which they carry on their stomachs , they carry immense flexible whips , made of hippo- potamus hide , combining the ...
... interesting and perilous position , and in order that they may not have to disarrange any of the arms of the museum which they carry on their stomachs , they carry immense flexible whips , made of hippo- potamus hide , combining the ...
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... and admiration . The ruinous interior of the mosque El - Achraf presents a most interesting spectacle . The small sculptured pulpit from which the Koran is read is still intact , being hidden away in one of the angles of the D 2.
... and admiration . The ruinous interior of the mosque El - Achraf presents a most interesting spectacle . The small sculptured pulpit from which the Koran is read is still intact , being hidden away in one of the angles of the D 2.
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... interesting portion , measures nine yards from the chin to the top of the forehead . The body , whose form and attitude are that of a crouching lion , is fifty - seven feet long , from the extremity of the fore paws to the root of the ...
... interesting portion , measures nine yards from the chin to the top of the forehead . The body , whose form and attitude are that of a crouching lion , is fifty - seven feet long , from the extremity of the fore paws to the root of the ...
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