Eastern Life: Present and Past

Abdallatif Akaba Alee Amun ancient appears Arabs Baalbec baksheesh bank Batroun beautiful believe boat Cairo called camels caves chamber Christian course Damascus dead declared Desert doctrine dragoman eastern edifices Egypt eyes face faith feet gentlemen gods Greek hand hareem head Hebrews height Heliopolis Herod Herodotus hills Holy human ideas inhabitants inscriptions Jehovah Jerusalem Jews king ladies land learned light living looked Manetho miles mind Mohammedan morning Moses Mount mountains never Nile Nubia old Egyptian Osiris Palestine palms party Pasha passed Petra Pharaohs piastres pillars plain present priests Ptolemies Pyramids Ramases ride river rock roof round ruins sacred Samaria sand scene sculptures seems seen Sheikh shore side sight Sinai spot stones supposed Syria temple tents Thebes things thought told tombs travellers valley village Wadee walk walls whole wind wonder worship