Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker.

Date:
1885-1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Route Page From Cairo to Gizeh 340 Situation of the Pyramids 342 Disposition of Time 343 History of the Building of the Pyramids according to Hero- dotus, Diodorus, Strabo, Pliny, and others 344 Structure of the Pyramids according to Prof. Lepsius and others 350 Opening of the Pyramids and Attempts to destroy them . 352 Great Pyramid (ascent and interior) 354 Second Pyramid 358 Third Pyramid 360 The Sphinx 362 Granite Temple near the Sphinx 365 Tomb of Numbers . . 366 Campbell’s Tomb. Walk round the Plateau of the Pyramids 367 Pyramids of Aim Roasli 370 From Gizeh to Sakkara via Aim sir. Pyramids of Abusir 370 Site of Ancient Memphis and Tombs of Sakkara. ... 371 From Cairo to Memphis via Bedrashen 371 History of Memphis 372 Colossal Statue of Ramses II 374 From Mitrahineh to Sakkara • 376 Tombs of Sakkara. Structure and Ornamentation of the Mastabas 378 Step-Pyramid of Sakkara 382 Pyramid of King Unas. The Serapeum 383 Tombs of the Apis-bulls (Egyptian Serapeum) 385 Mastaba of Ti 388 Mastabas of Ptahhotep and Sabu 401 Mastaba Farrun 402 Pyramids of Dahshur 402 Quarries of Tura and Baths of Helwan 403 The Barrage du Nil 406 5. From Cairo to Suez 408 Tell el-Yehudiyeh 408 The Freshwater Canal from Cairo to Suez 409 The Ancient Bubastis 410 The Biblical Land Goshen 411 Tell el-Maskhuta (Ramses) 414 6. Suez, fAin Musa, and the Red Sea 415 Natural Products of the Red Sea . . 415 Submarine Coral Reefs 416 The Red Sea and its Coasts 421 7. From Suez to Port Safid. The Suez Canal 421 Topography and History of the Isthmus. Ancient Canals through the Isthmus 425 The present Suez Canal. History and Statistics 429 Monuments of Darius 432 Ruins of Pelusium. Lake Menzaleh 435 8. Towns of the Central and Northern Delta 438 a. From Cairo to Mansura 438 From Mansura to Behbit el-IIager 440 Ruins of Mendes 442 b. From Mansura to Damietta 442 Environs of Damietta. Mouth of the Nile. ...... 444 Prom Damietta to Rosetta via Lake Burlus 445 c. From Damietta to Tanta 445