- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction
- A Note on the Text and Illustrations
-
Introduction.
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Chapter I. 1 -
Chapter II. The Environs of Alexandria. -
Chapter III. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile. -
Chapter IV. Physical Sketch of Egypt. -
Chapter V. Resheeʼd, or Rosetta. -
Chapter VI. Voyage up the Branch of Resheeʼd. -
Chapter VII. The Eastern Branch of the Nile, and the adjacent districts, &c. -
Chapter VIII. Historical Illustrations of the Topography of Musr (or Cairo) and its Environs.1 -
Chapter IX. Booʼlaʼck. -
Chapter X. Description of Musr (or Cairo).† -
Chapter XI. The Citadel of Musr, or Cairo. -
Chapter XII. The Environs of Musr, or Cairo.1 -
Chapter XIII. The Moosʼlim Dynasties in Egypt. -
Chapter XIV. History of Mohhamʼmad ʼAlʼee, and of the remarkable events which have taken place in Egypt since its evacuation by the French, in the year 1801.1 -
Chapter XV. The Pyramids of El-Geeʼzeh.1 -
Chapter XVI. The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis. -
Chapter XVII. Ordinary circumstances of the Voyage up the Nile.† -
Chapter XVIII. 1 -
Chapter XIX. El-Feiyooʼm. -
Chapter XX. From Benʼee Sooweyʼf to El-Minʼyeh. -
Chapter XXI. El-Minʼyeh, Benʼee Hhasʼan, and Antinoë. -
Chapter XXII. Hermopolis Magna, &c., to Asyoo't. -
Chapter XXIII. Asyoo't, &c., to Girʼga. -
Chapter XXIV. Girʼga, Abydos, &c.—Denʼdarʼa. -
Chapter XXV. Ckinʼë, Ckooft, Ckoo's, &c., to Thebes. -
Chapter XXVI. Thebes.1 -
Chapter XXVII. 1 -
Chapter XXVIII. Eilethyia—Adʼfoo. -
Chapter XXIX. Gebʼel es-Silʼsilʼeh—Koʼm Oomʼboo, &c., to Aswaʼn. -
Chapter XXX. Elephantine, Aswaʼn, the Cataracts, &c. -
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Chapter XXXI. Philæ, and its environs. -
Chapter XXXII. The Nubians. -
Chapter XXXIII. Deboʼd, and Ckurdaʼseh, &c. -
Chapter XXXIV. Taʼfeh and Ckalaʼbʼsheh. -
Chapter XXXV. Dendooʼr, Gurʼf Hhoseyʼn, Dekʼkeh, &c. -
Chapter XXXVI. Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr. -
Chapter XXXVII. Ibreeʼm, &c.—to Abʼoo Simʼbil. -
Chapter XXXVIII. Abʼoo Simʼbil, or Absemʼbel. -
Chapter XXXIX. From Abʼoo Simʼbil to Waʼdee Hhalʼfa. - Supplement. On the Ancient Egyptians.
- Illustrations
- Bibliography
Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr.
Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr.
- Chapter:
- (p.483) Chapter XXXVI. Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr.
- Source:
- Description of Egypt
- Author(s):
Jason Thompson
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter discusses in detail the districts inhabited by Arabs. It talks about the temple of Wa'dee es-Sooboo'. Wa'dee es-Sooboo' derives its name, which signifies “the Valley of the Lions,” from two rows of sphinxes which form an avenue to a large temple here situated. On the north-eastern side of the river, at a spot called Hhassa'yeh, or (according to some travellers) Am'ada, is a very ancient and interesting temple, situated in the desert, on a slightly-elevated stratum of rock, very near the bank. This chapter describes the town and rocktemple of Ed-Dir'r, the capital of the country. This name has been supposed to be a corruption of “Ed-Deyr,” or “the Convent.” The town consists of low huts, built of rough fragments of stone, and mud; not connected, one with another, so as to form streets, but scattered among the palm-trees which line the shore.
Keywords: Wa'dee es-Sooboo', sphinxes, Hhassa'yeh, Am'ada, Ed-Dir'r
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction
- A Note on the Text and Illustrations
-
Introduction.
† -
Chapter I. 1 -
Chapter II. The Environs of Alexandria. -
Chapter III. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile. -
Chapter IV. Physical Sketch of Egypt. -
Chapter V. Resheeʼd, or Rosetta. -
Chapter VI. Voyage up the Branch of Resheeʼd. -
Chapter VII. The Eastern Branch of the Nile, and the adjacent districts, &c. -
Chapter VIII. Historical Illustrations of the Topography of Musr (or Cairo) and its Environs.1 -
Chapter IX. Booʼlaʼck. -
Chapter X. Description of Musr (or Cairo).† -
Chapter XI. The Citadel of Musr, or Cairo. -
Chapter XII. The Environs of Musr, or Cairo.1 -
Chapter XIII. The Moosʼlim Dynasties in Egypt. -
Chapter XIV. History of Mohhamʼmad ʼAlʼee, and of the remarkable events which have taken place in Egypt since its evacuation by the French, in the year 1801.1 -
Chapter XV. The Pyramids of El-Geeʼzeh.1 -
Chapter XVI. The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis. -
Chapter XVII. Ordinary circumstances of the Voyage up the Nile.† -
Chapter XVIII. 1 -
Chapter XIX. El-Feiyooʼm. -
Chapter XX. From Benʼee Sooweyʼf to El-Minʼyeh. -
Chapter XXI. El-Minʼyeh, Benʼee Hhasʼan, and Antinoë. -
Chapter XXII. Hermopolis Magna, &c., to Asyoo't. -
Chapter XXIII. Asyoo't, &c., to Girʼga. -
Chapter XXIV. Girʼga, Abydos, &c.—Denʼdarʼa. -
Chapter XXV. Ckinʼë, Ckooft, Ckoo's, &c., to Thebes. -
Chapter XXVI. Thebes.1 -
Chapter XXVII. 1 -
Chapter XXVIII. Eilethyia—Adʼfoo. -
Chapter XXIX. Gebʼel es-Silʼsilʼeh—Koʼm Oomʼboo, &c., to Aswaʼn. -
Chapter XXX. Elephantine, Aswaʼn, the Cataracts, &c. -
s
Chapter XXXI. Philæ, and its environs. -
Chapter XXXII. The Nubians. -
Chapter XXXIII. Deboʼd, and Ckurdaʼseh, &c. -
Chapter XXXIV. Taʼfeh and Ckalaʼbʼsheh. -
Chapter XXXV. Dendooʼr, Gurʼf Hhoseyʼn, Dekʼkeh, &c. -
Chapter XXXVI. Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr. -
Chapter XXXVII. Ibreeʼm, &c.—to Abʼoo Simʼbil. -
Chapter XXXVIII. Abʼoo Simʼbil, or Absemʼbel. -
Chapter XXXIX. From Abʼoo Simʼbil to Waʼdee Hhalʼfa. - Supplement. On the Ancient Egyptians.
- Illustrations
- Bibliography
