. Holy Land, with glimpes of Europe and Egypt. indeed they are deeplyimbedded. These were a portion of Luxor, and erelong our boat was made fast to the east bank only afew minutes walk from these stupendous relics. Afteran early dinner we were wandering among of the mud cabins in the present village ofThebes are built among and upon the grand old ruinsof the temple of Luxor. Magnificent columns, coveredwith hieroglyphics, and still standing in their originalpositions, are filled around and half covered with theaccumulated dust and filth of ages, while some areentirely obscured by the
. Holy Land, with glimpes of Europe and Egypt. indeed they are deeplyimbedded. These were a portion of Luxor, and erelong our boat was made fast to the east bank only afew minutes walk from these stupendous relics. Afteran early dinner we were wandering among of the mud cabins in the present village ofThebes are built among and upon the grand old ruinsof the temple of Luxor. Magnificent columns, coveredwith hieroglyphics, and still standing in their originalpositions, are filled around and half covered with theaccumulated dust and filth of ages, while some areentirely obscured by the wretched hovels that clusterabout them, and can be seen only by entering theserepulsive abodes, amid yelping curs, braying donkeys,cackling fowls, and dirty Arabs. But as you lookupon these old pillars of stone, exquisitely chiseled,wander through the halls that yet remain, and surveytheir vast gateways and colossal statues, you feel thatthey who built them were men of genius and of the most beautiful objects here is an obelisk of. GRANDEUR OF KARNAK. 189 red granite, more than three thousand years old, andyet its appearance and its hieroglyphics are still freshand unimpaired. Another of the same size formerlystood near it, but now it adorns the Place de la Con-corde in Paris. It was interesting to see the Ameri*can nag waving over the Temple of Luxor. In thatTemple our Consular Agent, Mustapha Aga, has hishome. He is a clever Arab, will treat you with coffee,and be happy to sell you something from his collectionof antiques, consisting of mummies, images, andscarabfei,at a good price. A mile and a half north of Luxor are the ruins ofKarnak, the grandest temple in Egypt, if not in theworld. I visited it just at evening, enjoying as I re-turned as gorgeous a sunset as mortal vision coulddesire. Ah ! what varied scenes, what splendid pag-eants, what ages of glory and decay, that setting suuhas witnessed here. It is impossible to describe Kar-nak. One must see it, or he
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