{"product_id":"2940013803367","title":"The Treasury of Ancient Egypt","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                 PART I.--THE VALUE OF THE TREASURY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     CHAP.                                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e        I. THE VALUE OF ARCHÆOLOGY                                  3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       II. THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE                                     26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      III. THE NECESSITY OF ARCHÆOLOGY TO THE GAIETY OF\u003cbr\u003e               THE WORLD                                           55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                 PART II.--STUDIES IN THE TREASURY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IV. THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS                81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        V. THE MISFORTUNES OF WENAMON                             112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       VI. THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR                    138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               PART III.--RESEARCHES IN THE TREASURY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VII. RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN EGYPT                            165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. THE TOMB OF TIY AND AKHNATON                           185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IX. THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB                                   209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             PART IV.--THE PRESERVATION OF THE TREASURY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        X. THEBAN THIEVES                                         239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XI. THE FLOODING OF LOWER NUBIA                            262*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XII. ARCHÆOLOGY IN THE OPEN                                 281**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Transcriber's note: Original text incorrectly lists page number \"261\".\u003cbr\u003e**Transcriber's note: Original text incorrectly lists page number \"282\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     PLATE                                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           A STATUE OF THE HAWK-GOD HORUS IN FRONT OF\u003cbr\u003e               THE TEMPLE OF EDFU. THE AUTHOR STANDS\u003cbr\u003e               BESIDE IT                 _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        I. THE MUMMY OF RAMESES II. OF DYNASTY XIX.                10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       II. WOOD AND ENAMEL JEWEL-CASE DISCOVERED IN THE\u003cbr\u003e               TOMB OF YUAA AND TUAU. AN EXAMPLE OF\u003cbr\u003e               THE FURNITURE OF ONE OF THE BEST PERIODS\u003cbr\u003e               OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART                             17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      III. HEAVY GOLD EARRINGS OF QUEEN TAUSERT OF\u003cbr\u003e               DYNASTY XX. AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK\u003cbr\u003e               OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GOLDSMITHS                      22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IV. IN THE PALM-GROVES NEAR SAKKÂRA, EGYPT                  36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        V. THE MUMMY OF SETY I. OF DYNASTY XIX.                    48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       VI. A RELIEF UPON THE SIDE OF THE SARCOPHAGUS\u003cbr\u003e               OF ONE OF THE WIVES OF KING MENTUHOTEP III.,\u003cbr\u003e               DISCOVERED AT DÊR EL BAHRI (THEBES).\u003cbr\u003e               THE ROYAL LADY IS TAKING SWEET-SMELLING\u003cbr\u003e               OINTMENT FROM AN ALABASTER VASE. A\u003cbr\u003e               HANDMAIDEN KEEPS THE FLIES AWAY WITH\u003cbr\u003e               A BIRD'S-WING FAN.                                  62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VII. LADY ROUGING HERSELF: SHE HOLDS A MIRROR\u003cbr\u003e               AND ROUGE-POT                                       71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           DANCING GIRL TURNING A BACK SOMERSAULT                  71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. TWO EGYPTIAN BOYS DECKED WITH FLOWERS AND\u003cbr\u003e               A THIRD HOLDING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.\u003cbr\u003e               THEY ARE STANDING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE\u003cbr\u003e               WALL OF THE DENDEREH TEMPLE                         82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IX. A GARLAND OF LEAVES AND FLOWERS DATING FROM\u003cbr\u003e               ABOUT B.C. 1000. IT WAS PLACED UPON THE\u003cbr\u003e               NECK OF A MUMMY                                     94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        X. A RELIEF OF THE SAITIC PERIOD, REPRESENTING\u003cbr\u003e               AN OLD MAN PLAYING UPON A HARP, AND A\u003cbr\u003e               WOMAN BEATING A DRUM. OFFERINGS OF\u003cbr\u003e               FOOD AND FLOWERS ARE PLACED BEFORE\u003cbr\u003e               THEM                                               100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XI. AN EGYPTIAN NOBLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY\u003cbr\u003e               HUNTING BIRDS WITH A BOOMERANG AND\u003cbr\u003e               DECOYS. HE STANDS IN A REED-BOAT WHICH\u003cbr\u003e               FLOATS AMIDST THE PAPYRUS CLUMPS, AND A\u003cbr\u003e               CAT RETRIEVES THE FALLEN BIRDS. IN THE\u003cbr\u003e               BOAT WITH HIM ARE HIS WIFE AND SON                 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XII. A REED BOX FOR HOLDING CLOTHING, DISCOVERED\u003cbr\u003e               IN THE TOMB OF YUAA AND TUAU                       118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIII. 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