The Boy Travellers Egypt and the Holy Land

About this eBook

Author

Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896

Title

The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Fourth Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land

Credits

Produced by Annie R. McGuire

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Palestine -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58837

Release Date

February 6, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Boy Travellers in the Far East — PART FOURTH
2. 2.EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND — BY — THOMAS W. KNOX — Illustrated — NEW YORK — HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE — 1883 — PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.Chapter I . — FROM BOMBAY TO SUEZ.—THE RED SEA, MECCA, AND MOUNT SINAI.
6. 6.Chapter II . — SUEZ.—WHERE THE ISRAELITES CROSSED THE RED SEA.—THE SUEZ CANAL.
7. 7.Chapter III . — FROM SUEZ TO CAIRO.—THROUGH THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
8. 8.Chapter IV . — STREET SCENES IN CAIRO.
9. 9.Chapter V . — A RAMBLE THROUGH THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO.
10. 10.Chapter VI . — MOSQUES, DERVISHES, AND SCHOOLS.—EDUCATION IN EGYPT.
11. 11.Chapter VII . — THE CITADEL.—THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS.—THE NILOMETER.—THE ROSETTA STONE.
12. 12.Chapter VIII . — WONDERS OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES.
13. 13.Chapter IX . — THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH AND SAKKARA.—MEMPHIS AND THE APIS MAUSOLEUM.
14. 14.Chapter X . — AN ORIENTAL BATH.—EGYPTIAN WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.
15. 15.Chapter XI . — ASCENDING THE NILE.—SIGHTS AND SCENES ON THE RIVER.
16. 16.Chapter XII . — SUGAR PLANTATIONS AND MILLS.—SNAKE-CHARMERS.—SIGHTS AT BENI-HASSAN.
17. 17.Chapter XIII . — SIOOT, THE ANCIENT LYCOPOLIS.—SCENES ON THE RIVER.
18. 18.Chapter XIV . — GIRGEH AND KENEH.—THE TEMPLES OF ABYDUS AND DENDERAH.—AN EGYPTIAN DANCE.
19. 19.Chapter XV . — ARRIVAL AT LUXOR.—THE GREAT TEMPLE OF KARNAK.
20. 20.Chapter XVI . — THE RAMESEUM, MEDINET ABOO, AND THE VOCAL MEMNON.
21. 21.Chapter XVII . — THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS.—RECENT DISCOVERIES OF ROYAL MUMMIES.
22. 22.Chapter XVIII . — HAREM LIFE IN THE EAST.—FROM LUXOR TO ASSOUAN.
23. 23.Chapter XIX . — A CAMEL JOURNEY.—THE ISLAND OF PHILÆ, AND THE FIRST CATARACT OF THE NILE.
24. 24.Chapter XX . — FROM ASSOUAN TO ALEXANDRIA.—FAREWELL TO EGYPT.
25. 25.Chapter XXI . — VOYAGE FROM EGYPT TO PALESTINE.—JOURNEY FROM JAFFA TO RAMLEH.
26. 26.Chapter XXII . — FROM RAMLEH TO JERUSALEM.—THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
27. 27.Chapter XXIII . — IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM.
28. 28.Chapter XXIV . — FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHLEHEM.—CHURCH AND GROTTO OF THE NATIVITY.
29. 29.Chapter XXV . — FROM BETHLEHEM TO MAR SABA AND THE DEAD SEA.
30. 30.Chapter XXVI . — FROM THE DEAD SEA TO THE JORDAN, JERICHO, AND JERUSALEM.—THE VALLEY OF THE JORDAN.
31. 31.Chapter XXVII . — FROM JERUSALEM TO NABULUS.—HISTORIC PLACES ON THE ROUTE.
32. 32.Chapter XXVIII . — FROM NABULUS TO NAZARETH, SAMARIA, JENIN, AND THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON.
33. 33.Chapter XXIX . — ASCENT OF MOUNT TABOR.—AROUND AND ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
34. 34.Chapter XXX . — FROM GALILEE TO DAMASCUS.—A RIDE THROUGH DAN AND BANIAS.
35. 35.Chapter XXXI . — SIGHTS AND SCENES IN DAMASCUS.
36. 36.Chapter XXXII . — DAMASCUS TO BEYROOT.—THE RUINS OF BAALBEC.—FAREWELL.
37. 37.INTERESTING BOOKS FOR BOYS — Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York . — FOOTNOTES:

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