Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . nce famous caravanserai, and in the evening wetook the train back to Luxor. Such are the quarries of Hammamat, and suchis the road to them. It is a simple journey, andone able to be undertaken by any active personwho will take the trouble to order a few camelsfrom Keneh. There will come a time when onewill travel to the quarries by automobile, for eventhe present road is hard-surfaced enough to permitof that form of locomotion, and with a little doctor-ing it will be not far from perfection. A place suchas this wonderful valley, with its whispers and its
Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . nce famous caravanserai, and in the evening wetook the train back to Luxor. Such are the quarries of Hammamat, and suchis the road to them. It is a simple journey, andone able to be undertaken by any active personwho will take the trouble to order a few camelsfrom Keneh. There will come a time when onewill travel to the quarries by automobile, for eventhe present road is hard-surfaced enough to permitof that form of locomotion, and with a little doctor-ing it will be not far from perfection. A place suchas this wonderful valley, with its whispers and itsechoes, seems to beckon to the curious to come, ifonly to be lost for awhile in the soothing solitudesand moved by the majestic beauty of the those interested in the olden days the rockshold out an invitation which one is surprised tofind so seldom responded to; but let any one feelfor an hour the fine freedom of the desert, and seefor an hour the fantasy of the hills, and thatinvitation will not again be so lightly set Abandoned sarcophagus on the hillside in Wady Fowakhieh.—Page 38.
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