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101 of 101 (100%) sections assigned
101 of 101 (100%) sections completed
This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty
Section | Title | Reader | Notes | Listen Url | Status |
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1 | Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece | Kitty | PL OK | ||
2 | Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
3 | Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus | Kitty | PL OK | ||
4 | Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards | Kitty | PL OK | ||
5 | How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards | Kitty | PL OK | ||
6 | Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 10 | Kitty | PL OK | ||
7 | The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
8 | How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
9 | An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
10 | Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
11 | From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley | NemoR | PL OK | ||
12 | The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
13 | Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 40 | KeithMan | PL OK | ||
14 | The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
15 | The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
16 | Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
17 | A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
18 | How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
19 | Building the pyramids, painting p. 68 | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
20 | Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
21 | Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 74 | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
22 | How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
23 | Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 84 | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
24 | Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
25 | The mighty reign of Sesostris (Rameses II), by Diodorus the Sicilian | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
26 | The story of Joseph, from the Old Testament | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
27 | Joseph sold by his brethren, painting p. 100 | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
28 | In the brick fields, by Rev. J. H. Ingraham | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
29 | 'Let my people go'', by Théophile Gautier; translated by Augusta McC. Wright | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
30 | The victory over the Khita, by Pen-Ta-Ur, 1326 B.C. put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
31 | Finding Pharaoh, by Edward L. Wilson | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
32 | Going to see Pharaoh (Rameses II), by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
33 | Egypt Part V: The glory wanes: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
34 | Why Phanes was exiled, by Georg Ebers | dlantz | PL OK | ||
35 | The founding of Alexandria (332 B.C.), by Plutarch | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
36 | Antony and Cleopatra, painting p. 204 | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
37 | The death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.), by William Shakespeare | Roger alanmapstone moniaqua silverquill catharmaiden Kitty WiltedScribe bluechien NemoR DrPGould | PL OK | ||
38 | Egypt Part VI: Modern Egypt: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
39 | Bonaparte in Egypt, painting p. 214 | Foon | PL OK | ||
40 | The battle of the pyramids (1798), by John S. C. Abbott | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
41 | Bonaparte before the Sphinx, painting p. 228 | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
42 | The story of the Suez Canal, from ''All the year round'', 1854 | thestorygirl | PL OK | ||
43 | How General Gordon outwitted the King of Abyssinia (between 1873 and 1880), by Alfred Egmont Hake | ChrisFields | PL OK | ||
44 | The death of General Gordon at Khartoum (1885), by Anonymous | grs2905 | PL OK | ||
45 | Up the cataracts of the Nile (1875), by Charles Dudley Warner | iBeScotty | PL OK | ||
46 | Northern Africa Part I: Legendary history and the story of Carthage: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
47 | Ulysses in the land of the Lotus-Eaters (Tripoli), by Homer | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
48 | Aeneas at Carthage, by Virgil | dlantz | PL OK | ||
49 | Aeneas at the court of Dido, painting p. 276 | alanmapstone | PL OK | ||
50 | The cutting of the aqueduct, by Gustave Flaubert | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
51 | The fall of Carthage (146 B.C.) by Rev. Alfred J. Church | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
52 | Northern Africa Part II: Life and customs in Northern Africa: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
53 | How the Barbary pirates learned to respect the American flag (1815), by John Bach McMaster | grs2905 | PL OK | ||
54 | Traditions of the sheikhs of Morocco (sixteenth century), by T. H. Weir | Farnood | PL OK | ||
55 | Morocco law (sixteenth century), by Edmondo de Amicis | BurgundyGrace | PL OK | ||
56 | Hawking in Algeria, painting p. 322 | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
57 | One day in Morocco (nineteenth century) by Edmondo de Amicis | Farnood | PL OK | ||
58 | The great market of Tripoli (latter part of nineteenth century), by George E. Thompson | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
59 | Northern Africa Part III: The mystery of the desert: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
60 | The hour of prayer in the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson | Farnood | PL OK | ||
61 | The oasis of the great-grandfather (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson | Farnood | PL OK | ||
62 | The music of the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson | benderca | PL OK | ||
63 | Western and Central Africa Part I: Unveiling the dark continent: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
64 | Writing a charm (about 1795), by Mungo Park | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
65 | A zealous missionary (about 1795), by Mungo Park | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
66 | A visit to King Moselekatse (1829), by Anne Manning Rathbone | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
67 | 'The mountain with several caves'' (1854), by David Livingstone | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
68 | A magic lantern in Africa (1854), by David Livingstone | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
69 | The electric wind of the desert (1854), by David Livingstone | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
70 | The merman missionary (1854), by David Livingstone | Rawbean23 | PL OK | ||
71 | How I found Livingstone (1871), by Sir Henry M. Stanley | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
72 | Western and Central Africa Part II: Adventures in the African jungle: Historical note | Foon | PL OK | ||
73 | The village of dwarfs (about 1870), by Paul du Chaillu | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
74 | Crossing an African bridge (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
75 | Consulting the Man in the Moon (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
76 | Du Chaillu the First, King of the Apingi (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
77 | South Africa: Historical note | Nella | PL OK | ||
78 | The last trek, painting p. 436 | Foon | PL OK | ||
79 | The diamond fields of South Africa (about 1870), by Anthony Trollope | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
80 | A modern battlefield (about 1898), by Julian Ralph | Farnood | PL OK | ||
81 | In the South African army (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
82 | Advancing upon the enemy (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
83 | Arabia Part I: Early history: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
84 | The legend of the Arabs, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine | Farnood | PL OK | ||
85 | Mohammed (about 570-632), by Eva March Tappan | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
86 | A reading from the Koran, painting p. 496 | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
87 | The ''Square House'', or Kabah, by Hadji Khan and Wilfrid Sparroy | Foon | PL OK | ||
88 | Arabia Part II: Stories of the caliphs of Bagdad: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
89 | Al Mansur, builder of Bagdad, and the poet (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field | benderca | PL OK | ||
90 | Al Mansur rebuked (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field | BurgundyGrace | PL OK | ||
91 | Al Mahdi and the two wishes (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field | Foon | PL OK | ||
92 | Haroun Al Rashid and the musician (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
93 | The caliph and the poet of the Barmeks (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer | swalkerl | PL OK | ||
94 | The division of the reward (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
95 | The caliph and ''the man with the stew'' (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer | msfry | PL OK | ||
96 | The poet and the jester (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer | msfry | PL OK | ||
97 | Arabia Part III: Stories of modern Arabia: Historical note | knotyouraveragejo | PL OK | ||
98 | Justice in Arabia (nineteenth century), by Colonel L. Du Couret | DrPGould | PL OK | ||
99 | Wit from Arabia, by Colonel L. Du Couret | Kitty | PL OK | ||
100 | Arabian Horsemen in battle, painting p. 536 | Kitty | PL OK | ||
101 | A pilgrimage to Mecca, by Sir Richard F. Burton | Kitty | PL OK |