A thousand miles up the Nile

CHAPTER VIII.

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THEBES AND KARNAK.

Luxor--Donkey-boys--Topography of Ancient Thebes--Pylons of Luxor--Poem of Pentaur--The Solitary Obelisk--Interior of the Temple of Luxor--Polite Postmaster--Ride to Karnak--Great Temple of Karnak--The Hypostyle Hall--A World of Ruins 121