Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Under the tamarisks of the oasis of Lag-eta.—Page 3. Rir Hammamat, looking- south.—Page 36. Pl. V To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 37 the wind carried the sound down the valley andround the bend, adding to it its own quiet ride of about half an hours length broughtus to some ruined huts where the ancient quarry-nien had lived in the days of the Pharaohs. Fromthis point onwards for perhaps a mile the rockson either side are dotted with inscriptions, fromwhich a part of the history of the valley maybe learnt. The place is full of whispers. As t
Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Under the tamarisks of the oasis of Lag-eta.—Page 3. Rir Hammamat, looking- south.—Page 36. Pl. V To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 37 the wind carried the sound down the valley andround the bend, adding to it its own quiet ride of about half an hours length broughtus to some ruined huts where the ancient quarry-nien had lived in the days of the Pharaohs. Fromthis point onwards for perhaps a mile the rockson either side are dotted with inscriptions, fromwhich a part of the history of the valley maybe learnt. The place is full of whispers. As thebreeze blows round the rocks and up the silentwater-courses it is as though the voices of menlong since forgotten were drifting uncertainly feels as though the rocks were peopled withinsistent entities, all muttering the tales of longago. Behind this great rock there is somethinglaughing quietly to itself; up this dry waterfallthere is a sort of whimpering; and here in thissilent recess one might swear that the word to besilent had been passed around. It is only thewind and th
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