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The Temple of Derr
The neighbourhood of Derr is interesting on account of a temple situated on the declivity of a rocky hill, just behind the village. Its structure denotes remote antiquity. The gods of Egypt appear to have been worshipped here long before
1024 words, written November 29 2004,
in the early afternoon
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Pelt Merchant of Cairo
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1869, oil on canvas.
487 words, written November 29 2004,
in the late morning
and filed in Spyglass
Edfu
I could hear the voices of the others getting fainter and fainter as they passed into a further hail of the temple. I could hear too, the confused jabber of the donkey-boys outside; they were playing a game of
1650 words, written November 28 2004,
in the late afternoon
and filed in The Travellers Journals
A Few Hints to Travellers in The East, especially The Desert
Food. – Take good store of captains, or other biscuits, for the Desert especially. Arab bread is bad, and that the traveller starts with soon gets hard. Compressed soup, with plenty of vegetables in it, is very acceptable; so
1033 words, written November 28 2004,
in the afternoon
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Arrival at Abou-Simbel by Moonlight
We were now only thirty-four miles from Abou Simbel; but making slow progress, and impatiently counting every foot of the way. The heat at times was great; frequent and fitful spells of Khamsîn wind alternating with a hot calm that
876 words, written November 27 2004,
late at night
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Troubles at Abou-Simbel (2)
Prologue Read the first part of this story July 11. – On the first day, the fifty men that came worked very badly, and we found that the burthen of the song which they sung, by way of stimulating each
7687 words, written November 27 2004,
in the morning
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Amateur archaeologists curse pharoahs' guardian
22.11.2004 By ALEX DUVAL SMITH in Paris Dr Zahi Hawass is one of the most powerful men in history – at least of archaeology – and he is angry. The 57-year-old is secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities
217 words, written November 22 2004,
in the early morning
and filed in News and Events
Dark Eyes
“There is something comfortable about all this to a man who has lived in fast America, and who has always had a lazy inclination to leave matters to take care of themselves. Sometimes we rode hour after hour around the
386 words, written November 22 2004,
in the early morning
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Troubles at Abou-Simbel
Prologue June 27. [1817] – We this day saw two crocodiles; our men requested us to fire some muskets to frighten them away, but were not afraid of towing the bark in the water close to the bank where we
6958 words, written November 21 2004,
in the morning
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Dahabeahs and Steamers
Nothing has probably been so fully described and praised to exhaustion as the famous “Dahabeah;” and the idyllic charms of life in one of these boats, floating up and down the Nile, have been sung in every imaginable strain. No
1915 words, written November 18 2004,
in the early evening
and filed in The Travellers Journals
The Pasha's Entourage
“I shall devote here a little portion of time to illustrate the character of that celebrated personage who now governs Egypt; as also that of Yousouf Boghos, his first minister. The relation of this episode, as a true narrative, will
1624 words, written November 1 2004,
in the evening
and filed in The Travellers Journals
Crossing the Nile
“I afterwards crossed the Nile1 in a small barge, with an Arab for a steersman, and the only one then to be found on the river; a river once embellished with all the pomp of imperial state, with temples,
333 words, written November 1 2004,
in the late afternoon
and filed in The Travellers Journals
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