LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Excavating at Thebes | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| The Rosetta Stone | [4] |
| Temple of Karnak | [12] |
| The Tomb of Tutankhamen | [24] |
| Temple of Luxor | [26] |
| The Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak | [36] |
| A Scene from the Book of the Dead | [50] |
| The Pyramids of Gizeh | [56] |
| The Colossi of Memnon | [69] |
| A partly-hewn Obelisk in a Quarry | [73] |
| The Noble Ruins of Philæ | [77] |
| Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Thebes | [88] |
| Two Marvellous Coffins | [100] |
| The Cuneiform Inscriptions at Behistun | [105] |
| The Sculptures of Darius the Great | [117] |
| Nineveh in Desolation | [124] |
| Excavating at Knossos | [124] |
| A Winged Lion from an Assyrian Palace | [134] |
| A Quaint Spelling Book of Clay | [146] |
| A Clay Letter and Envelope | [146] |
| Babylon To-day | [156] |
| Ruins of Troy | [170] |
| Where the Treasure of Mycenæ was found | [174] |
| A Digger’s Camp in Crete | [183] |
| The Palace of Knossos | [184] |
| Giant Store Jars of Minoa | [189] |
THE ROMANCE OF EXCAVATION
THE
ROMANCE OF EXCAVATION