A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt

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Cambridge University Press, 2015 M04 30 - 624 pages
The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany, he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt, especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of monuments and the prevention of shipping of artefacts abroad, until 1911, when he returned to London. He did not revisit Egypt until, as a journalist, he covered the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. In this 1910 guide, writing 'from careful and prolonged personal observation and thought', Weigall describes the less frequented ancient sites of Upper Egypt, beginning north of Thebes and descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border.

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Contents

The Temple of Sety I at Abydos I I
11
Hou AND KASR Es SAYADDENDEREH
26
The Temple of Rameses II at Abydos 2 I
37
KOPTOsOMBOS KUSSHENHURMEDA
47
THEBES
59
The Temple of Luxor
73
THE TEMPLES OF KARNAK
84
General Plan of the Temples of Karnak 85
109
THE MORTUARY TEMPLES OF THE KINGS
229
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep Ist and Thothmes I
233
The Mortuary Temple of Sety I
257
THE Two MoRTUARY TEMPLES OF DER
261
QUEENSTHE PALACE OF AMENHOTEP
276
CHAP PAGE
293
THE CEMETERIES OF EDFUEDFU TO GEBEL
347
GEBEL SILSILEH WEST BANK GEBEL SIL
356

MORTUARY CHAPELS OF THE NOBLES II 4
114
The Great Temple of AmenRa Karnak 93
115
The Mortuary Chapel of a Chief Archer I 22
121
The Mortuary Chapel of Amenemheb
127
The Mortuary Chapel of Anena I 35
133
The Mortuary Chapel of Menkheper I 39
139
The Mortuary Chapel of Amenhotepsase
143
The Mortuary Chapel of Khaemhat s I 57
156
The Mortuary Chapel of Huy
170
THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS
184
Sketch Map of the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
187
The Tomb of Merenptah
202
THE TEMPLE OF KóM OMBOFROM KöM
374
THE HISTORY OF Aswa N AND ELEPHANTINE 39 I
404
THE TOMBs of THE PRINCEs of ELEPHANTINE
423
THE HISTORY OF LOWER NUBIA
440
FROM SEHEL TO PHILAE
464
FROM PHILE TO KALABSHEH
490
FROM KALABSHEH TO MAHARAKA 5 II
511
FROM MAHARAKA TO KASR IBRiM
532
KASR IBRiM ABU SIMBEL FROM
557
INDEX
583
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