Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-12
EGYPT AND NILE
AGAIN BECKON TO
WORLD TOURISTS
Enchanted Valley to Come
Into Its OLCn as Mecca for
the TTGUeLer.

LONDON, Aug. 12.-Once more the
tourist tide Is turning toward Egypt. the
valley Of enchsntment and charm, where
mysticism still hangs about the mar
Vicious relics of the glorious past. amid
the beautiful witchery OF the fascinating
Arabian Nights"
Egypt the mother e civilization. was
great before Greece or Rome were born.
The Valley OF the Me furnished the stage
for the greatest drama Of the past. Here
Egypt reared her stupendous pyramids.
temples and mountains in the highest
form OF architecture while the rest OF
mankind was living in rude huts.
The history OF this land goes back so
far that 1t Is lost IN the unknown ages.
The life artery OF the country has been
the Nile, that mysterious river whose
source perpiexed explorers for 900 years.
10 IL but natural that the tide of pleas
urs travel should again lead TO Egypt.
Before the war it was the Mecca for
travellers from the United States and
England in particular, and the whole
world IN general, for II east and west
DO not meet in Egypt they at least COM
mingle thers- With the world settling
back into its old cOntented grooves,
Egypt comes to the fore again as the
place above all others that the sight
seer wishes to visit.
The war has made but Night changes
in the land Of the PhsrE IS. Egypt
does not change. 1t is myce the same
as 1t was thousands Of years before
the coming Of Christ. Except in a afro
and Alexandria, modern innovations are
few. Water is still transported the way
Il was in the time Of Moses. The grain
is winnowed under the same methods
employed when Joseph was governor.
Everything is ancient and different. That
IS what makes the country SO charming
to the visitor.
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
PREPARE FOR THE RUSH.
Already the big steamship companies
are preparing itineraries for the rush
Of tourists expected to voyage to Egypt,
the Mediterranean and the Holy Land
next season. The Cunard line viii place
several Of its large ships in this service.
among those tentatively listed to make
cruises being the beautiful new Cam
eronia. whose maiden trip to New York
was made in May. Last season the
Ca-onia carried the first large group of
American tourists that had visited the
Nile since the beginning Of the war in
1914
The Egyptians are very partial to
American visitors because they generally
have plenty Of money to spend and con-
sequently 90 10 great extremes to please
them. The hotels at Cairo, Luxor and
Assouan generally meet the standard re-
ou1red by tourists from the United
States.
Carlo, Egypt's capital and the largest
city In Africa, IS one Of the most curious
cities in the world. The minarets are the
most beautiful in the Levant. There are
COO mosques in the city In the building
OF one CANT Sultan Hassan expended
$1,000 daily for three years and when 1t
Sgas completed, cut of the architects
hands so that he could not construct
another like It The citadel, built about
116e contains a mosque of oriental ala
taster. The mosque Of Tulin, built in the
ninth century, stands on the hill where
on tradition asserts the ark rested after
the fcod. Out in the river lies Rhoda
Island, where tradition says Pharaoh's
daughter found the infant Moses in the
bulI-rushes. The enterprising Arabs will
take you to the spot.
BAZAAR DISTRICT
PLACE OF INTEREST.
An interesting place is the street called
Mcuskie, the center Of the bazaar district
The shops here are like those in no other
part OF the world. Here may be found
beautiful silks from Damascus, wonder
ful rugs from BOkhara and many ivory
articles from the Soudan.
As a winter resort Cairo has long been
popular Tie suburbs are replete with
interest. and excursions to the pyra-
mids, the SPHINX the museum of-Egyp-