EGYPT, THE LAND OF MYSTERY
By DWIGHT L. ELMENDORF
THE MENTOR · SERIAL NUMBER 42
DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL
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MENTOR GRAVURES
| CAIRO | THE SPHINX | KARNAK |
| THE PYRAMIDS | LUXOR | THE DAM AT ASSOUAN |
It is no wonder that the Egyptians through all their history haveworshiped the Nile; for that marvelous river is the spine, the marrow,and the life of Egypt. Indeed, it is Egypt; for living Egyptis only a narrow strip twelve or fifteen miles wide,—simply the banks ofthe Nile. Herodotus called Egypt "the gift of the Nile." The rivernourishes and controls the land. All along that waterway areto be found wonders and mysteries of the past. The mind balks incontemplation of the monuments of Egypt. They whisper messages fromso far distant a time that we stagger in trying to grasp their meaning.
A visit through Egypt usually begins with Cairo. And it is just aswell that it is so; for in Cairo there is much that is modern and muchthat is familiar to the English traveler. It is, therefore, a good way forthe visitor to break into ancient Egypt. In Cairo modern people minglewith the sons of ancient Egyptians. The English soldier is to be seenalmost everywhere, and in front of Shepheard's Hotel you may at timesalmost forget that you are in Egypt.
That is because you are bound down in Cairo, mingling with yourown fellow visitors and too close to hotel life. Get up early in the morning,and go to the top of the hill known as the Citadel, and there youwill get an impression of an Egyptian city. Look at one of the greatest« 2 »buildings, the Mosque of MehemetAli. It is called the Alabaster Mosque.There is a great deal in modernEgypt that is imitation. That is thereason that this building of purealabaster is to be valued. Its interior is rich and beautiful in design.
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