The Last Egyptian
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Baum Lyman Frank. The Last Egyptian
CHAPTER I. WHERE THE DESERT MEETS THE NILE
CHAPTER II. HATATCHA
CHAPTER III. THE DRAGOMAN
CHAPTER IV. THE TREASURE OF AHTKA-RĀ
CHAPTER V. A ROLL OF PAPYRUS
CHAPTER VI. KĀRA BATHES IN THE NILE
CHAPTER VII. A STEP TOWARD THE GOAL
CHAPTER VIII. HIS GRANDMOTHER’S MUMMY
CHAPTER IX. ANETH
CHAPTER X. LORD CROMER’S RECEPTION
CHAPTER XI. SETTING THE SNARES
CHAPTER XII. NEPHTHYS
CHAPTER XIII. THE TALISMAN OF AHTKA-RĀ
CHAPTER XIV. ROGUES ANCIENT AND MODERN
CHAPTER XV. WINSTON BEY IS INDIGNANT
CHAPTER XVI. KĀRA THREATENS
CHAPTER XVII. ANETH SURRENDERS
CHAPTER XVIII. FINDING A WAY
CHAPTER XIX. THE ABDUCTION
CHAPTER XX. THE SHEIK AGREES
CHAPTER XXI. LOTUS-EATERS AND CROCODILES
CHAPTER XXII. THE DRAGOMAN’S INSPIRATION
CHAPTER XXIII. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SHEIK DEMURS
CHAPTER XXV. THE BRONZE BOLTS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE DRAGOMAN WINS
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The mountains of Abu Fedah consist of a low range about twelve miles long and from two to three hundred feet in height. These hills are wedge-shaped, and from a narrow, uneven ridge at the summit the sides slope downward at a sharp angle on either side, affording little apparent foothold to one who might essay to climb the steeps. At the south end are pits wherein were found numbers of mummified crocodiles, proving that these reptiles were formerly worshipped by the natives of Al-Kusiyeh, which is the ancient city of Qes of the hieroglyphic texts, and was afterward called Cusae by the Greeks. It was, in its prime, the capital of the fourteenth nome or province of Upper Egypt, and a favorite winter abode of the kings of the Middle Empire. The modern village, as before explained, lies a mile or two from the Nile bank, in a fertile valley watered by bubbling springs. The inhabitants are mostly Arabs, or a mixture of the Arab blood with that of the native fellaheen, which last, in common with the Copts, are direct descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
The early Egyptologists expected to find important tombs secreted in the limestone cliffs of Gebel Abu Fedah; but careful search only revealed the mummy crocodile pits and a few scattering and uninteresting cavities roughly hewn in the rocks, which might have contained mummies at one time, but had been rifled of their contents ages ago. The few inscriptions remaining in these rock tombs indicated that they were the burial places of ordinary citizens of Qes, and such cavities as were observed all faced the Nile. The opposite slopes of the mountains, facing the east, seemed never to have been utilized for tombs, fond as the Egyptians were of such opportunities to inter their dead in rocky places, above the reach of jackals or marauders.
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“Or they have robbed a tomb,” returned Tadros. “It is much more likely; but if that is so I would like to find the place. There is money in a discovery of that sort. It means scarabs, and funeral idols, and amulets, and vases and utensils of olden days, all of which can be sold in Cairo for a good price. Sometimes it means jewels and gold ornaments as well; but that is only in the tombs of kings. Go to Hatatcha, my Sĕra, and keep your eyes open. Henf! what says the proverb? ‘The outrunner of good fortune is thoughtfulness.’”
The mother of Nephthys nodded, and drew the last possible whiff from her cigarette. Then she left the hut and hurried under the heavy arch of Hatatcha’s dwelling.
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