CONTENTS I.-EGYPTOLOGY IN THE OPEN . . . . 3 II.—THE NECESSITY OF ARCHÆOLOGY TO THE GAIETY III.—THE MISFORTUNES OF WENAMON . . . IV.—THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES . . . VI.—THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE Ancient EGYPTIANS VII.—Excavations in Egypt . . . . . VIII.—THE TOMB OF TIY AND AKHNATON . . . 153 IX.—The Tomb of HOREMHEB . . . . 174 X.—LOWER NUBIA AND THE GREAT RESERVOIR . . 198 XI.-A Nubian HIGHWAY . . . . . . 216 XII.-THE ALABASTER QUARRIES IN THE WADY AssIout 235 XIII.—A RIDE TO Wady SalamunI. . . . 245 XIV.—THE CHILDREN OF EGYPT . . . . . 262 XV.—An Ancient Egyptian Poem . . . . 277 XVI.—THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED Sailor . 283 CVES 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 . . (From a wooden statuette of about s.c. 1300: now in Cairo) 16 54 A HUMAN-FACED LION, PROBABLY DATING FROM THE Now in Cairo. 74 94 THE MUMMY OF PRINCE Yuan . . . . . . (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 (Photograph by the Author) 144 THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF QUEEN TıY, WITH A Native Policeman GUARDING IT. THE LARGE TOMB OF 154 Bust OF AKHNATON FOUND AT Tell El AMARNA, AND NOW 184 A STATUE OF TUTANKHAMON, THE PHARAOH WHOSE TOMB was DISCOVERED BY LORD CARNARVON IN 1922 . . Now in Cairo. FACING PAGE THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB IN THE VALLEY OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS, . . . 192 The Nile at Phile, Looking NORTH . . . . 212 The Nile at Aswan. ON THE HILLS TO THE LEFT 18 THE HIGHROAD TO NUBIA . . . . . . . 222 Two VIEWS IN THE Wady SaLaMUNI, EARLY MORNING . 252 MODERN Egyptian Peasants Beside A WATER-WHEEL. 262 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 Now in Cairo Museum. |