The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt / A Study in the Origin of the Roman Empire - Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ANTIQUITIES, GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT

AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AKHNATON, PHARAOH OF EGYPT,’ ‘THE TREASURE
OF ANCIENT EGYPT,’ ‘TRAVELS IN THE UPPER EGYPTIAN DESERTS,’
‘A GUIDE TO THE ANTIQUITIES OF UPPER EGYPT,’ ETC., ETC.

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1914

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO MY FRIEND OF MANY YEARS,
RONALD STORRS,
ORIENTAL SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH AGENCY IN EGYPT,
SCHOLAR, POET, AND MUSICIAN.

PREFACE.

I have to thank most heartily the Honourable Mrs Julian Byng, Mrs Gerald Lascelles, Mr Ronald Storrs, and my wife, for reading the proofs of this volume, and for giving me the benefit of their invaluable advice.