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Excerpt from Egypt Ever Since the attention of the civilized world was re directed to Egypt at the beginning of the 19th century, the scientific investigation of its innumerable monuments has pointed with ever  growing certainty to the valley of the Nile as the cradle of history and of human culture. At the same time Egypt, like other Eastern countries, possesses high nat ural attractions, in the peculiar charms of its Oriental cli mate, the singularly clear atmosphere, the wonderful colour ing and eifects of light and shade, the exuberant fertility of the cultivated districts contrasted with the solemn, awe inspiring desert, and the manners customs, and appearance of a most interesting and most diversified population.