A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper EgyptCambridge 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. |
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 |
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Aahmes Abydos Akhnaton Amen Amen-Ra Amenemhat Amenhotep IIIrd ancient Anubis Anuket Aswān building built buried cartouches cemeteries chamber columns court damaged decorated deity Dendereh desert door doorway east wall Edfu Egyptian Elephantine enter entrance erased excavated Farther figure Forecourt funeral Gebel Silsileh goddess gods granite Harmachis Hathor Hatshepsut Hieraconpolis Horemheb Horus Hypostyle Hall inscribed inscription Isis Karnak Khnum Khonsu king is seen king's Köm leads Lower Nubia Luxor Medinet Habu MORTUARY CHAPEL mortuary temple mummy Nekheb Nephthys north wall offerings Ombo Osiris passes Pharaoh pillars present priests Prince Ptah Ptolemy pylons quarries queen Rameses IInd reign reliefs show represented river rock roof royal ruins sacred barque sanctuary seated Sebek Sennefer Senusert Sety showing the king shown shrine south wall stands stele stone Thebes Thinis Thothmes IIIrd Thothmes IVth tomb town valley Vestibule visitor west wall wife worshipping XIIth XVIIIth dynasty