Preface
Part I. Chaldaea and Susiana: 1. London to Baghdad
2. Baghdad to Baylon
3. Hillah
4. View from Birs Nimrud
5. The marshes of Babylon
6. Kufa
7. Kerbella
8. Climate of Chaldaea
9. From Hillah into the desert
10. The mighty marsh
11. Diwaniyya
12. Bedouins
13. Plans and preparations for excavating on Warka
14. Winter
15. 'The land of Shinar'
16. 'Wuswas' ruin
17. New styles of decorative art
18. The absence of tombs in the mounds of Assyria
19. Bank-notes of Babylon
20. Sinkara
21. Treasures found at Tel Sifr
22. Mohammerah
23. Setting out for Susa
24. Departure from Shuster
25. The tomb of the prophet Daniel
26. Early history of Susa
27. Excavations commenced by Colonel Williams
28. The great palace of Darius at Susa
29. Hostility and reconciliation
30. A long trench
31. The 'black stone'
Chronological table
Part II. Warka.