Main entry:

Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930.

Title & Author:

Egypt : as described by great writers / collected and edited by Esther Singleton.

Publication:

New York : Dodd, Mead and Co., ©1911.

Description:

xii, 357 pages : plates, portrait ; 21 cm

Notes:
The land of Egypt -- Ancient divisions of Egypt -- The modern Egyptians -- The fellahin and daily life -- The Copts -- The Moslem women -- Women and the interior of the house -- Common usages of society -- The revels of Islam -- Alexandria to Cairo -- The Nile fens -- Port Said; the Suex Canal; Suez; and Ismailia -- Cairo and its pleasures -- Mosques of Cairo -- Tombs -- The pyramids -- The pyramids of Gizeh and the sphinx -- Temples -- Sakkara and Memphis -- The Fayoum -- The labyrinth and Lake Moeris -- The tombs of Beni-Hassan -- Abydos -- Thebes and Karnak -- Memnonium or Ramesseum -- The two colossi -- The two colossi
(Continued) Deir-el-Bahari -- Tombs of the Kings -- Royal mummies -- The dahabeah -- The Nile in the Delta; Heliopolis; the Nile Valley; the first Cataract; Philae -- Nile scenes -- The Assouan Dam -- Nubian sketches -- Abou-Simbel -- Abou-Simbel and the second Cataract -- A ride through the desert -- The Convent of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai -- Chronological summary -- Statistics.

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Subject:

Travel.
Egypt Description and travel.
Égypte Descriptions et voyages.
Egypt.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 70828
Call No.: PO7781; ID:86-B11293
Status: Available