Egypt (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Egypt<br><br>Lands that have made or witnessed history possess peculiar fascination: and when to their historical qualities are added those of the mysterious and the beautiful, their charm is boundless, for then they touch the realm of the imagination, that is to say, the infinite.<br><br>Egypt in these respects is unsurpassed. Historically, she is the eldest born of Time; the mother of all subsequent civilizations; the longest lived among the nations of the earth; the teacher of art, philosophy, and religion before Greece and Rome were born. When everywhere else rude huts and primitive tents were mankind's highest forms of An Egyptian Landscape. architecture, Egypt was rearing her stupendous pyramids and temples, which still remain the marvel of the world.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.