ILLUSTRATIONS

ARTHUR WEIGALL, 1922

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Frontispiece

THE AUTHOR STANDING UPON THE CLIFFS BETWEEN THE
TEMPLE OF DER EL BAHRI AND THE VALLEY OF THE
TOMBS OF THE KINGS

AN EGYPTIAN PRIEST OR RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL

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(From a wooden statuette of about в.c. 1300: now in Cairo)

A HUMAN-FACED LION, PROBABLY DATING FROM THE
REIGN OF PHARAOH AMENEMES III., B.C. 1825

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Now in Cairo.

THE MUMMY OF PRINCE YUAA .

(The photograph was taken by the Author on the day of
its discovery. The mummy is now in the Cairo Museum)

EXCAVATING THE OSIREION AT ABYDOS. A CHAIN OF BOYS
HANDING UP BASKETS OF SAND TO THE SURFACE

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(Photograph by the Author)

THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF QUEEN TIY, WITH A
NATIVE POLICEMAN GUARDING IT. THE LARGE TOMB OF
RAMESES X. IS TO THE LEFT.

BUST OF AKHNATON FOUND AT TELL EL AMARNA, AND NOW
IN BERLIN

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A STATUE OF TUTANKHAMON, THE PHARAOH WHOSE TOMB
WAS DISCOVERED BY LORD CARNARVON IN 1922

Now in Cairo.

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THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB IN THE
VALLEY OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS

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THE NILE AT ASWAN. ON THE HILLS TO THE LEFT 18 THE
HIGHROAD TO NUBIA

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MODERN EGYPTIAN PEASANTS BESIDE A WATER-WHEEL
THE PHARAOH RAMESES II., B.C. 1292-1225

(From his statue now at Turin)

GOLD CUPS AND ARMLET OF ABOUT B.C. 1000, FOUND
ACCIDENTALLY BY A NATIVE IN A MOUND BY A ROADSIDE
IN LOWER EGYPT.

Now in Cairo Museum.

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