Egypt and its monuments . p of the Pylon 190 From a Photograph. The Court, Temple of Edfu 193 Painted by Jules Guerin. Hypostyle Hall, Kom Ombos 197 From a Photograph. The Temple of Kom Ombos 201 Painted by Jules Guerin. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Temple of Kom Ombos. Screen wall of Hypostyle Hall . . 206 From a Photograph. The Island of Elephantine, from Assuan 210 From a Photograph. The Isle of Philag before the construction of the dam 213 From a Photograph. The Sacred Isle of Philag 217- Painted by Jules Guerin. The Temple of Isis, Philas 222 From a Photograph. Nearly submerged columns, Isle of
Egypt and its monuments . p of the Pylon 190 From a Photograph. The Court, Temple of Edfu 193 Painted by Jules Guerin. Hypostyle Hall, Kom Ombos 197 From a Photograph. The Temple of Kom Ombos 201 Painted by Jules Guerin. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Temple of Kom Ombos. Screen wall of Hypostyle Hall . . 206 From a Photograph. The Island of Elephantine, from Assuan 210 From a Photograph. The Isle of Philag before the construction of the dam 213 From a Photograph. The Sacred Isle of Philag 217- Painted by Jules Guerin. The Temple of Isis, Philas 222 From a Photograph. Nearly submerged columns, Isle of Philas 225 From a Photograph. Pharaohs Bed, before the construction of the dam 229 . From a Photograph. Pharaohs Bed, Island of Philse 233 - Painted by Jules Gudrin. In Pharaohs Bed, Island of Phils 238 ^ From a Photograph. Fore-court of the Temple of Isis and Pharaohs Bed, Philas . 241 P>om a Photograph. Abu-Simbel 245 Painted by Jules Guerin. Abu-Simbel, from the river 249 From a Photograph. EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS. EGYPT AND ITSMONUMENTS I THE PYRAMIDS WHY do you come to Egypt? Do you cometo gain a dream, or to regain lost dreamsof old; to gild your life with the drowsygold of romance, to lose a creeping sorrow, to forgetthat too many of your hours are sullen, gray, bereft?What do you wish of Egypt? The Sphinx will not ask you, will not care. ThePyramids, lifting their unnumbered stones to the clearand wonderful skies, have held, still hold, their secrets;but they do not seek for yours. The terrific temples,the hot, mysterious tombs, odorous of the dead desiresof men, crouching in and under the immeasurablesands, will mock you with their brooding silence, withtheir dim and somber repose. The brown children ofthe Nile, the toilers who sing their antique songs by the 5 EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS shadoof and the sakieh, the dragomans, the smihnggobhn merchants, the Bedouins who lead your camelinto the pale recesses of the dunes—these will nottrouble themselves about your deep
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