Tutankhamen, and Other Essays

By Arthur Weigall

Book Overview

Contents: future of excavation in Egypt; Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; tomb of Tutankhamen; Tutankhamen, the historical problems; ancient ghouls of Thebes; malevolence of ancient Egyptian spirits; problem of Egyptian chronology; eastern Egyptian desert and its interests; quarries of Wady Hammamat; Red Sea highroad; imperial Porphyry quarries; quarries of Mons Claudianus; temple of Wady Abad; flooding of lower Nubia; Egyptian Empire; gateway of the east; and the meaning of civilization. With 17 illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804611033
• ISBN13: 9780804611039
• Release Date: January 1924
• Publisher: Doran
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.