BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AKHNATON,
PHARAOH OF EGYPT.
Illustrated. Second Impression.
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THE TREASURY OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History
and Archæology.
With Illustrations.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS,
EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
The head of Wady Gatâr.—Page 100.
Travels in the
Upper Egyptian Deserts
BY
ARTHUR E. P.WEIGALL
INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF UPPER EGYPT,DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES
AUTHOR OF ‘A REPORT ON THEANTIQUITIES OF LOWER NUBIA,’ ‘A CATALOGUE OF
THE WEIGHTS AND BALANCES IN THE CAIRO MUSEUM,’ ‘A GUIDE TO
THE ANTIQUITIES OF UPPER EGYPT,’ ‘DIE MASTABA DES
GEMNIKAI’ (WITH PROFESSOR VON BISSING), ETC.
SECONDIMPRESSION
William Blackwood andSons
Edinburgh and London
1913
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
SIRGASTON MASPERO, K.C.M.G.,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ANTIQUITIES, EGYPT,
THIS BOOK IS
RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
Some of thechapters in this book have appeared as articles in ‘Blackwood’sMagazine.’ The various journeys here recorded have been made in theordinary course of the work of inspection, and have been reportedin the usual official manner. These less technical descriptionshave been written in leisure hours, and the illustrations herepublished are selected from a large number of photographs anddrawings rapidly made by the wayside. The journey to Wady Hammamâtand Kossair was made in the company of three painters, Mr CharlesWhymper, Mr Walter Tyndale, and Mr Erskine Nicol, to whom my thanksare due, as also they are to Mr John Wells, with whom I travelledto Gebel Dukhân. I am indebted to Prof. Sayce and Mr Seymour deRicci for several notes on the Greek inscriptions[viii] at Wady Abâd. On some of thejourneys I was accompanied by Mahmoud Effendi Rushdy and MahmoudEffendi Muhammed, Inspectors of the Department of Antiquities,whose assistance was valuable.
ARTHUR E. P. WEIGALL.
Luxor,
Upper Egypt.
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