CONTENTS

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[Preface]9
[Bibliographical Note]11
CHAPTER
I.[Introductory]15
II.[Exploration of the Theban Tombs of the Kings]24
III.[Tutankhamen]35
IV.[The Significance of the Discovery]44
Embalming and Immortality—Early Beliefs—The Dawn of Civilization—Giving Life to the Dead—Success after Twenty Centuries—The King and Osiris.
V.[The Valley of the Tombs]65
Tomb-Robbers’ Confessions—Hiding the Mummies.
VI.[The Story of the Flood]92
VII.[Getting to Heaven]100
VIII.[The Ethics of Desecration]124