A Descendant of the Prophet
A Guardian of the Temple
A Karnak Beggar
A Karnak Beggar
A Luxor Dancing-girl
A Bargain in the Ghezireh Gardens
A Dancing-Girl
A Daughter of the Nile
A Dealer in Antiquities
Thebes, January 2, 1898
Tombs of the Kings, Thebes
The Present Situation
The Sheik of the Pyramids
The Slipper Bazaar, Cairo, January 22, 1898
The man who has ‘been there before
Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo
Shopping
Statue of Thothmes, Karnak
Temple of Ti
The Bridge
On the Road to Cairo
Our Bisharin Friends, Assuan
Our Christmas Dinner, Esneh, December 23
Posing
Rameses the Great
Salem Ghesiri Dragoman
Most of the day was spent with Baedeker
On Grenfell Hill. The Keeper of the Tomb
On the Bank at Komombos
On the Bank
In a Coffee-house, Cairo
In the Fish-Market
Indifference
Karnak, January 2, 1898
Lunching in Karnak
Girl with goat
Guardians of the Temple
His Highness Prince Mahomet Ali, Cairo, February 14, 1898
His Highness Prince Mahomet Ali, Cairo, February 14, 1898
Home Visitors
Camel-back
Christmas Night—“Auld Lang Syne.”
Christmas, 1897
Egyptian High Life
At Philæ
At the Races, Khedival Sporting Club
Beni-Hassan
British Influence
'As good an imitation of Monte Carlo as the law allows.'
An Assuan Beggar
At Komombos
At Lady Grenfell’s Masquerade Ball
A Peddler
A Son of the Desert
All, the Pilot
An Artist in the Mouskie
An Assiût Donkey
Egyptian
Among the ancient Egyptians very peculiar shaped caps were worn, like from Figures 1 to 7. Some of them would rise to a great height above the head, and then descend very low upon the chest in the shape of lappets. Those of the priests and of their attendants were often loaded with a profusion of symbolical decorations, composed of feathers, lotus leaves and other natural products.
Fellaheen
The lower orders in Egypt, with the exception of a very small proportion, chiefly residing in the large towns, consist of Felláheen (or Agriculturists). Most of those in the great towns, and a few in the smaller towns and some of the villages, are petty tradesmen or artificers, or obtain their livelihood as servants, or by various labours. In all cases, their earnings are very small; barely sufficient, in general, and sometimes insufficient, to supply them and their families with the cheapest necessaries of life.
Postures of Prayer (Part I.)
Postures of Prayer (Part II.)
Men of the Middle and Higher Classes
The dress of the men of the middle and higher classes consists of the following articles. First, a pair of full drawers of linen or cotton, tied round the body by a running string or band, the ends of which are embroidered with coloured silks, though concealed by the outer dress. The drawers descend a little below the knees, or to the ankles; but many of the Arabs will not wear long drawers, because prohibited by the Prophet. Next is worn a shirt, with very full sleeves, reaching to the wrist; it is made of linen, of a loose, open texture, or of cotton stuff, or of muslin or silk, or of a mixture of silk and cotton, in stripes, but all white. Over this, in winter, or in cool weather, most persons wear a “sudeyree,” which is a short vest of cloth, or of striped coloured silk and cotton, without sleeves. Over the shirt and sudeyree, or the former alone, is worn a long vest of striped silk and cotton (called “kaftán,” or more commonly “kuftán”), descending to the ankles, with long sleeves extending a few inches beyond the fingers’ ends, but divided from a point a little above the wrist, or about the middle of the fore-arm; so that the hand is generally exposed, though it may be concealed by the sleeve when necessary, for it is customary to cover the hands in the presence of a person of high rank. Round this vest is wound the girdle, which is a coloured shawl, or a long piece of white figured muslin. The ordinary outer robe is a long cloth coat, of any colour (called by the Turks “jubbeh,” but by the Egyptians “gibbeh”), the sleeves of which reach not quite to the wrist.Some persons also wear a “beneesh,” or “benish,” which is a robe of cloth, with long sleeves, like those of the kuftán, but more ample