ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

Arthur Weigall, 1922Frontispiece

The Author Standing Upon the Cliffs Between the Temple of Der el Bahri and the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings16

An Egyptian Priest or Religious Official54

(From a wooden statuette of about B.C. 1800: now in Cairo)

A Human-Faced Lion, Probably Dating from the Reign of Pharaoh Amenemes III., b.c. 182574

Now in Cairo.

The Mummy of Prince Yuaa94

(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 Surface144

(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 Left154

Bust of Akhnaton Found at Tell el Amarna, and now in Berlin164

A Statue of Tutankhamon, the Pharaoh whose Tomb was Discovered by Lord Carnarvon in 1922184

Now in Cairo.

The Entrance of the Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings192

The Nile at Philæ, Looking North212

The Nile at Aswan. On the Hills to the Left is the Highroad to Nubia222

Two Views in the Wady Salamûni, Early Morning252

Modern Egyptian Peasants Beside a Water-Wheel262

The Pharaoh Rameses II., b.c. 1292-1225292

(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 Egypt320

Now in Cairo Museum.

The Glory of the Pharaohs