Notes For Travellers In Egypt

First published in 2008. This encyclopaedic work on ancient Egypt was specially commissioned by Thomas Cook for their Egyptian tours. Today, it is unrivalled as a reliable general source for those interested in any aspect of Egypt, including early excavations, the Nile, Egyptian writing, ancient buildings, cities and kings. Map of Egypt, Introduction, Preface to the Seventh Edition, Excavations in 1901-02, Egyptian History and its sources, Historical Summary, Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egyptologists, Progress in Egypt under British Rule, The Country of Egypt, The Nomes of Egypt, The Ancient Egyptians, The Nile, The Oases, Ancient Egyptian Buildings, Sculpture, Painting, dc., Egyptian Writing, A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs, Arabic Alphabet, Coptic Alphabet, Egyptian Months, The Religion and Gods of Egypt, The Modern Egyptians, Sketch of Coptic History, The Arabs, Muhammad, etc, Alexandria, Damanhur, Kafr ez-Zaiyat, Tanta, Benha el-'Asal, Rosetta Stone, Suez and the Suez Canal, Cairo, Heliopolis, The Pyramids of Gizeh, The Sphinx, The Temple of the Sphinx, The Tomb of Numbers, Campbell's Tomb, The Pyramids of Abu-Roash, The Pyramids of Abusir, Bedrashen, Memphis, and Sakkarah, The Statue of Rameses II., The Step Pyramid, The Tomb of Thi, Mariette's House, The Pyramids of DahshUr, The Quarries of Ma'sara and Turra, The Pyramid of Medum, Upper Egypt Railway, Wasta and the Fayyum, The White and Red Monasteries, Akhmim, Menshiah, Girgeh, Abydos … Part/contents. Roda Gauge, Index