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Eve Drewelowe travel correspondence, 1928-1929
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monuments are especially worthwhile to the student of history, of art or of archaeology - but even the most casual tourist must take something of the meaning and the feeling of Egypt away with him. India is a laud of the present, vital, potent; Egypt is a land of the past, a land of history and of monuments but seemingly no present potential force stirs or threatens on awakening. The pyramids of Gizah, near Cairo really have no aesthetic value. But they are Egypt! Set among the drifting sanddunes, with the sphinx at their feet they are impressive for their enormous bulk and mass. A camel or two nearby completely finishes the picture of Egypt. The pyramids are of the most elementary structure, but one cannot help but marvel at their construction when engineering feats were unknown. At what sacrifice of life one can but guess. Undoubtedly they were erected by human power, but how is the question? From your knowledge of Geography you are familiar with the fertile valley of the Nile. The valley is all under irregation and is as green as green can be. Only the dust laden air, the chalky roads, the white cliffs of the desert in the distance and the prickly palm trees scattered about mark it as belonging to Egypt. The railroad follows the Nile all the way to Luxor and Assuen (The first cataract) We spent several days in Luxor which is across the Nile from the Ancient city of Thebes. Here we visited the Temples of Luxor and Karnak and four tombs in the Valley of the Kings, among them the tomb of King Tut, whose excavation a few years ago caused such a stir. The tombs are all far underground under these big sandstone bleached hillls--
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monuments are especially worthwhile to the student of history, of art or of archaeology - but even the most casual tourist must take something of the meaning and the feeling of Egypt away with him. India is a laud of the present, vital, potent; Egypt is a land of the past, a land of history and of monuments but seemingly no present potential force stirs or threatens on awakening. The pyramids of Gizah, near Cairo really have no aesthetic value. But they are Egypt! Set among the drifting sanddunes, with the sphinx at their feet they are impressive for their enormous bulk and mass. A camel or two nearby completely finishes the picture of Egypt. The pyramids are of the most elementary structure, but one cannot help but marvel at their construction when engineering feats were unknown. At what sacrifice of life one can but guess. Undoubtedly they were erected by human power, but how is the question? From your knowledge of Geography you are familiar with the fertile valley of the Nile. The valley is all under irregation and is as green as green can be. Only the dust laden air, the chalky roads, the white cliffs of the desert in the distance and the prickly palm trees scattered about mark it as belonging to Egypt. The railroad follows the Nile all the way to Luxor and Assuen (The first cataract) We spent several days in Luxor which is across the Nile from the Ancient city of Thebes. Here we visited the Temples of Luxor and Karnak and four tombs in the Valley of the Kings, among them the tomb of King Tut, whose excavation a few years ago caused such a stir. The tombs are all far underground under these big sandstone bleached hillls--
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