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CONTENTS

PAGE
[I. A LAND OF OLD RENOWN]1
[II. A DAY IN THEBES]6
[III. A DAY IN THEBES (continued)]11
[IV. PHARAOH AT HOME]17
[V. THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER]24
[VI. CHILD-LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT]33
[VII. SOME FAIRY-TALES OF LONG AGO]41
[VIII. SOME FAIRY-TALES OF LONG AGO (continued)]47
[IX. EXPLORING THE SOUDAN]54
[X. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY]59
[XI. EGYPTIAN BOOKS]66
[XII. TEMPLES AND TOMBS]72
[XIII. AN EGYPTIAN'S HEAVEN]82

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE
*1. [AN EGYPTIAN GALLEY, 1500 B.C.]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2.[THE GODDESS ISIS DANDLING THE KING]9
3.[THE GREAT GATE OF THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR, WITH OBELISK]16
*4.[RAMSES II. IN HIS WAR-CHARIOT—SARDINIAN GUARDSMEN ON FOOT]25
*5. [ZAZAMANKH AND THE LOST CORONET]32
6.[GRANITE STATUE OF RAMSES II.]35
7. [NAVE OF THE TEMPLE AT KARNAK]38
*8. ["AND THE GOOSE STOOD UP AND CACKLED"]41
*9. [AN EGYPTIAN COUNTRY HOUSE]48
10. [STATUES OF KING AMENHOTEP III.]51
11. [THE SPHINX AND THE SECOND PYRAMID]54
*12.[ A DESERT POSTMAN]57
*13.[THE BARK OF THE MOON, GUARDED BY THE DIVINE EYES]64
14.[GATEWAY OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFU]73
15.[WALL-PICTURES IN A THEBAN TOMB]80
*16.[PHARAOH ON HIS THRONE]20
[Sketch-Map of Ancient Egypt on page viii]
* These eight illustrations are in colour; the others are in black and white.