E G Y P T
AND ITS MONUMENTS

BY
ROBERT HICHENS
ILLUSTRATED BY
JULES GUÉRIN
AND WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1923

Copyright, 1908, by
The Century Co.
——
Published October, 1908
Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[I]
[THE PYRAMIDS][5]
[II]
[THE SPHINX][18]
[III]
[SAKKARA][28]
[IV]
[ABYDOS][37]
[V]
[THE NILE][46]
[VI]
[DENDERAH][52]
[VII]
[KARNAK][66]
[VIII]
[LUXOR][88]
[IX]
[COLOSSI OF MEMNON][107]
[X]
[MEDINET-ABU][120]
[XI]
[THE RAMESSEUM][132]
[XII]
[DEIR-EL-BAHARI][148]
[XIII]
[THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS][166]
[XIV]
[EDFU][174]
[XV]
[KOM OMBOS][196]
[XVI]
[PHILÆ][212]
[XVII]
[“PHARAOH’S BED”][228]
[XVIII]
[OLD CAIRO][252]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[The Sphinx][Frontispiece]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Pyramids of Ghizeh][4]
From a Photograph.
[From the summit of the Great Pyramid][7]
From a Photograph.
[Looking down the main passage of the Great Pyramid][11]
From a Photograph.
[The Pyramids of Ghizeh][16]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Sphinx][20]
From a Photograph.
[The Sphinx and the Second Pyramid][25]
From a Photograph.
[The Step Pyramid of Sakkara][29]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Entrance to the Tomb of Thi][34]
From a Photograph.
[Temple of Seti I, Abydos][39]
From a Photograph.
[The Great Hall of Abydos][44]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Village on the site of Ancient Memphis][48]
From a Photograph.
[On the Roof of the Temple of Hathor, Denderah][53]
From a Photograph.
[The Temple of Hathor, Denderah][57]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Figures of Cleopatra and her son Cæsarion on the wall of the Temple of Hathor][62]
From a Photograph.
[Interior, Temple of Khuns, Karnak][67]
From a Photograph.
[The Great Temple of Karnak][72]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Sacred Lotus in the Temple at Karnak][76]
From a Photograph.
[Entrance to Temple of Rameses III, Karnak][81]
From a Photograph.
[The Sacred Lake, Karnak][85]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Temple of Luxor from the easterly Pylon][90]
From a Photograph.
[The Court of Amenhotep III, Temple of Luxor][93]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[In the Temple of Luxor][97]
From a Photograph.
[Obelisk and Pylon, Luxor][102]
From a Photograph.
[The Great Colonnade, Temple of Luxor][105]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Near view of the Colossi of Memnon][109]
From a Photograph.
[The Colossi of Memnon][114]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings][117]
From a Photograph.
[The Temple of Medinet-Abu][122]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Corner of Second Court, Temple of Rameses III, Medinet-Abu][125]
From a Photograph.
[The Ramesseum][129]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[“The Thinking Place of Rameses the Great.” Hall of Lotus Columns, Ramesseum][133]
From a Photograph.
[The Plain of Thebes from the roof of the Ramesseum][137]
From a Photograph.
[Hall of Lotus Columns, Ramesseum][141]
From a Photograph.
[Pilasters and broken colossal statue of Rameses II][146]
From a Photograph.
[The Temple of Queen Hatasu, Deir-el-Bahari][149]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Recent excavations at Deir-el-Bahari][153]
From a Photograph.
[“The half-naked workmen toiling and sweating in the sun”][157]
From a Photograph.
[The Vache Hathor of Denderah][162]
From a Photograph.
[Painted tomb chamber of Prince Sen-nofer, Thebes][167]
From a Photograph.
[Temple of Esneh][171]
From a Photograph.
[Prayer in the Desert][175]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Temple of Edfu][180]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Pylon, Temple of Edfu][183]
From a Photograph.
[The Temple of Edfu from the top of the Pylon][190]
From a Photograph.
[The Court, Temple of Edfu][193]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Hypostyle Hall, Kôm Ombos][197]
From a Photograph.
[The Temple of Kôm Ombos][201]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Temple of Kôm Ombos. Screen wall of Hypostyle Hall][206]
From a Photograph.
[The Island of Elephantine, from Assuan][210]
From a Photograph.
[The Isle of Philæ before the construction of the dam][213]
From a Photograph.
[The Sacred Isle of Philæ][217]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[The Temple of Isis, Philæ][222]
From a Photograph.
[Nearly submerged columns, Isle of Philæ][225]
From a Photograph.
[Pharaoh’s Bed, before the construction of the dam][229]
From a Photograph.
[“Pharaoh’s Bed,” Island of Philæ][233]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[In “Pharaoh’s Bed,” Island of Philæ][238]
From a Photograph.
[Fore-court of the Temple of Isis and “Pharaoh’s Bed,” Philæ][241]
From a Photograph.
[Abu-Simbel][245]
Painted by Jules Guérin.
[Abu-Simbel, from the river][249]
From a Photograph.