Assuan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They saw a multitude of steamers, which carried formidable English soldiers from Assuan to Wâdi Haifa, from whence a railroad was built for them to Abu Hâmed.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
It was brought down from Assuan in one piece, by barge, as was the enormous granite base, which is thirty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and eight feet thick.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Between Assuan and Elephantinê there are no “mountains,” only the channel of the river.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Here the bottomless springs are transferred from Bigeh to Elephantinê, thus explaining how Herodotos could have been led into his error of supposing them to be two mountains between Elephantinê and Assuan.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
He seized the goods of merchants at Berber, giving them receipts signed to the effect that they should receive payment when he had taken Assuan.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
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