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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt:...THE GIZEH PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX. From Cairo by carriage, see "Cab Tariff," p. 45, or by electric tram, terminus west side of river, by the Kasr en-Nil bridge. Fare, P.T. 3,1st class. By starting early, a hurried glimpse of these Pyramids and the Sphinx may be had in half a day. But it is wiser either to take lunch or to lunch at the Meua House Hotel. The road from Cairo crosses the great Kasr en-Nil bridge, and the south end of the Gezira and then. another bridge over the other arm of the river, which is dry during low Nile. The road leads to the left along a charming avenue of lebbskh trees skirting the Nile, the bank of which at this part is a favourite anchorage for dahabiyas. Passing the Palace of Gizeh, where the museum was, the road turns to the right, and from thence it is a straight line to the Pyramids. This fine shaded road was hastily made by Ismail Pasha in 1868, in order that his royal visitors, who came to the opening of the Suez Canal, might more easily view the Pyramids. Before its construction the traveller was obliged to go on donkey-back by a longer route. It is an embankment which is above the height of the water during the inundation. The cultivated land reaches nearly to the foot of the plateau. The drive euds at Mena House. It is advisable to take donkeys from here, as the ground is very rough and the scrambling about is very fatiguing. At the N.-E. angle of the Great Pyramid there is a small house built by Ismail for his visitors, in which a room for luncheon can be obtained. (Fee to the custodian.) The Bedawin The Great Pyramid. For guides for the interior and ascent of the Pyramid application must be made to the Shekh of these Arabs, who is bound to supply two or three men for each traveller for the ascent, and one for each...