Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Notes of a Visit to Egypt, by Paris, Lyons, Nismes, Marseilles and Toulon

Notes of a Visit to Egypt, by Paris, Lyons, Nismes, Marseilles and Toulon

Sopwith, T.

Paperback

General World History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1151713198
ISBN13: 9781151713193
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1857. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... middle line of hieroglyphics refers to Thothmes the Third, who reigned 1,330 years before the Christian era; and this would appear to give an antiquity of no less than 3,186 years, a period exceeding that for which any detailed records exist of the history of the world. Many of the roads in the southern suburbs of Alexandria are extremely wide and ornamental, and a great many buildings are in progress, chiefly houses built in the European manner, which are rapidly changing the once-prevailing oriental aspect of this city. The ruins of the ancient city are of great extent, consisting of vast mounds of earth, some of which have been removed beyond the limits of the town to facilitate the further extension of modern streets. The groves of palms and other oriental trees have an aspect of extreme novelty to European eyes, which have hitherto seen them only as hothouse plants. The common date palm grows in rich abundance, as do numerous species of the Cactus tribe, among which the prickly pears present a most conspicuous feature. Ifananas and Acacias are also found in the orchards, and the whole of the leafy scenery is beautiful as regards form and luxuriance, and interesting in the highest degree from its complete novelty. We called at Com-el-Dic, the present residence of H. J. Rouse, Esq., the resident engineer of the railway from this place to Cairo. It is undergoing repairs consequent on the injury it sustained on the 12th of October last by an earthquake. We saw a large sitting-room, scantily furnished, and with whitewashed and lofty walls, in no way remarkable, except for the circumstance of its being the first apartment we had seen in Egypt; and this interest was lessened by its interior arrangements, furniture and books, &c., being after the English fashion. I...

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

General World History

View All