More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts (1920)
Chandler, Anna Curtis · New York : H. Holt · leaf 29
e huge sails therewere many oarsmen straining at their oars, and asthe favorable breezes filled the sails and the oarsmenplied their sturdy oars, gracefully down the riverthey sailed, while to those on the shore they sang: 12 A GREAT EGYPTIAN QUEEN, HATSHEPSUT Sailing in the sea, beginning the… … AN EGYPTIAN BOAT ON THE WAY TO THE LAND OF PUNT AT THECOMMAND OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT. OVER THREE THOUSANDYEARS AGO From a relief in the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, at Deir-el-Bahri, a part ofThebes in Egypt. The oarsmen are diligently plying their oars and the favorablebreezes fill the sails of every…
Children's stories · Storytelling
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