Ancient Egypt
by George Rawlinson
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin 1886
ISBN/ASIN: 0217134408
Number of pages: 420
Description:
In shape Egypt is like a lily with a crooked stem. A broad blossom terminates it at its upper end; a button of a bud projects from the stalk a little below the blossom, on the left-hand side. The broad blossom is the Delta, extending from Aboosir to Tineh, a direct distance of a hundred and eighty miles.
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