PART I.—THE VALUE OF THE
TREASURY
I.
THE VALUE OF ARCHÆOLOGY
3
II.
THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE
26
THE NECESSITY OF ARCHÆOLOGY TO THE
III.
55
GAIETY OF THE WORLD
PART II.—STUDIES IN THE
TREASURY.
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IV.
THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE ANCIENT
81
EGYPTIANS
V.
THE MISFORTUNES OF WENAMON
112
VI.
THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
138
PART III.—RESEARCHES IN THE
TREASURY.
VII.
RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN EGYPT
165
VIII.
THE TOMB OF TIY AND AKHNATON
185
IX.
THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB
209
PART IV.—THE PRESERVATION OF
THE TREASURY.
X.
THEBAN THIEVES
239
XI.
THE FLOODING OF LOWER NUBIA
262
XII.
ARCHÆOLOGY IN THE OPEN
281
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATE
PAGE
A STATUE OF THE HAWK-GOD HORUS IN
FRONT OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFU. THE
Frontispiece
AUTHOR STANDS BESIDE IT
THE MUMMY OF RAMESES II. OF DYNASTY
I.
10
XIX.
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WOOD AND ENAMEL JEWEL-CASE
DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF YUAA AND
II.
TUAU. AN EXAMPLE OF THE FURNITURE OF
17
ONE OF THE BEST PERIODS OF ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN ART
HEAVY GOLD EARRINGS OF QUEEN
TAUSERT OF DYNASTY XX. AN EXAMPLE OF
III.
22
THE WORK OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
GOLDSMITHS
IN THE PALM-GROVES NEAR SAKKÂRA,
IV.
36
EGYPT
V.
THE MUMMY OF SETY I. OF DYNASTY XIX.
48
A RELIEF UPON THE SIDE OF THE
SARCOPHAGUS OF ONE OF THE WIVES OF
KING MENTUHOTEP III., DISCOVERED AT
DÊR EL BAHRI (THEBES). THE ROYAL LADY
VI.
62
IS TAKING SWEET-SMELLING OINTMENT
FROM AN ALABASTER VASE. A
HANDMAIDEN KEEPS THE FLIES AWAY
WITH A BIRD'S-WING FAN.
LADY ROUGING HERSELF: SHE HOLDS A
VII.
71
MIRROR AND ROUGE-POT
DANCING GIRL TURNING A BACK
71
SOMERSAULT
TWO EGYPTIAN BOYS DECKED WITH
FLOWERS AND A THIRD HOLDING A
VIII.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. THEY ARE
82
STANDING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WALL OF
THE DENDEREH TEMPLE
A GARLAND OF LEAVES AND FLOWERS
IX.
DATING FROM ABOUT B.C. 1000. IT WAS
94
PLACED UPON THE NECK OF A MUMMY
A RELIEF OF THE SAITIC PERIOD,
REPRESENTING AN OLD MAN PLAYING
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X.
UPON A HARP, AND A WOMAN BEATING A
100
DRUM. OFFERINGS OF FOOD AND FLOWERS
ARE PLACED BEFORE THEM
AN EGYPTIAN NOBLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH
DYNASTY HUNTING BIRDS WITH A
BOOMERANG AND DECOYS. HE STANDS IN
XI.
A REED-BOAT WHICH FLOATS AMIDST THE
108
PAPYRUS CLUMPS, AND A CAT RETRIEVES
THE FALLEN BIRDS. IN THE BOAT WITH HIM
ARE HIS WIFE AND SON
A REED BOX FOR HOLDING CLOTHING,
XII.
DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF YUAA AND
118
TUAU
A FESTIVAL SCENE OF SINGERS AND
XIII.
DANCERS FROM A TOMB-PAINTING OF
133
DYNASTY XVII.
XIV.
A SAILOR OF LOWER NUBIA AND HIS SON
144
A NILE BOAT PASSING THE HILLS OF
XV.
159
THEBES
THE EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE
XVI.
166
CITY OF ABYDOS
EXCAVATING THE OSIREION AT ABYDOS. A
XVII.
CHAIN OF BOYS HANDING UP BASKETS OF
175
SAND TO THE SURFACE
THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF QUEEN
TIY, WITH EGYPTIAN POLICEMAN
XVIII.
186
STANDING BESIDE IT. ON THE LEFT IS THE
LATER TOMB OF RAMESES X.
TOILET-SPOONS OF CARVED WOOD,
DISCOVERED IN TOMBS OF THE
XIX.
EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY. THAT ON THE
192
RIGHT HAS A MOVABLE LID
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THE COFFIN OF AKHNATON LYING IN THE
XX.
207
TOMB OF QUEEN TIY
HEAD OF A GRANITE STATUE OF THE GOD
XXI.
KHONSU, PROBABLY DATING FROM ABOUT
217
THE PERIOD OF HOREMHEB
THE MOUTH OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB
AT THE TIME OF ITS DISCOVERY. THE
AUTHOR IS SEEN EMERGING FROM THE
XXII.
229
TOMB AFTER THE FIRST ENTRANCE HAD
BEEN EFFECTED. ON THE HILLSIDE THE
WORKMEN ARE GROUPED
A MODERN THEBAN FELLAH-WOMAN AND
XXIII.
240
HER CHILD
XXIV.
A MODERN GOURNAWI BEGGAR
250
THE ISLAND AND TEMPLES OF PHILÆ WHEN
XXV.
269
THE RESERVOIR IS EMPTY
A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM
THE TOMB OF USERHAT AT THEBES. THIS
RELIEF WAS STOLEN FROM THE TOMB, AND
XXVI.
282
FOUND ITS WAY TO THE BRUSSELS
MUSEUM, WHERE IT IS SHOWN IN THE
DAMAGED CONDITION SEEN IN PL. XXVII.
A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM
XXVII.
THE TOMB OF USERHAT, THEBES. (SEE PL.
293
XXVI.)