Ten years' digging in Egypt, 1881-1891

[Illustration: PORTRAITS PAINTED IN WAX, FROM ROMAN MUMMIES, HAWARA. _See page 97._] TEN YEARS’ DIGGING IN EGYPT 1881-1891 BY W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE AUTHOR OF ‘PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH,’ ‘HAWARA,’ ‘MEDUM,’ ETC. WITH A MAP AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS _SECOND EDITION, REVISED_ THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 56 PATERNOSTER ROW, 65 ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD AND 164 PICCADILLY 1893 ‘IN STUDYING HISTORY, IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND THAT A KNOWLEDGE IS NECESSARY OF THE STATE OF MANNERS, CUSTOMS, WEALTH, ARTS, AND SCIENCE AT THE DIFFERENT PERIODS TREATED OF. THE TEXT OF CIVIL HISTORY REQUIRES A CONTEXT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE IN THE MIND OF THE READER.’ _Sir Arthur Helps on History._ PREFACE Although the disc…

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