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PLATE LIX Women Water Carriers in Turkish Costume. One of These Women is Uncovered, While the Other Wears the Yashmak or Face Mask. They Carry Large Water Jars on Their Heads |
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PLATE LX The Rameseon at Karnak. Six Colossal Statues of Rameses II of Which Three Are in Fair Preservation |
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PLATE LXI The Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak. The Road From Luxor to Karnak Was Lined With Recumbent Rams, Called Krio-Sphinxes, Many of Which Still Remain |
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PLATE LXII An Arab Village on the Nile. This Is a Typical Village, the Houses of Sun-dried Brick, like the California Adobe, and the Whole Shaded By Palms |
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PLATE LXIII The Colossi of Memnon, near Thebes. These Gigantic Figures on the West Bank of the Nile May Be Seen for Many Miles. They are Sixty-five Feet High, and Stood Originally in Front of a Temple |