Leonard Cottrell, author of numerous BBC radio documentaries on ancient Egypt, offers the general reader a story that is both entertaining and factual, ably conveying the romance and mystery which draw so many to the study of ancient Egypt.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A NOTE TO THE LEARNED
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DYNASTIES
THE LAND AND ITS HISTORY
ARRIVAL OF THE EGYPTOLOGIST
RETREAT OF THE FRONTIER
ORIGIN OF THE PYRAMIDS
How AND WHY THEY WERE BUILT
MOTHER OF CHEOPS
THEBES OF THE HUNDRED GATES
CITY OF THE DEAD
THE ROYAL VALLEY
THE LOST PHARAOHS
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY
ALL THE WORLD WONDERED
JOURNEY TO AKHETATEN
CITY OF THE SUN-KING
THE FUTURE OF EGYPTOLOGY
ApPENDIX
BOOKS CONSULTED
INDEX
