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