Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PYRAMIDS AND PROGRESS
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- KEY TO THE PLATE OF ROYAL SCARABS
- INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SAYCE, D.D., LL.D.
- CHAPTER I THE DOORWAYS OF EGYPT
- CHAPTER II CAIRO, THE CARAVANSERAI OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER III THE GREAT PYRAMID-PLATFORM
- CHAPTER IV THE FURTHER PYRAMID-PLATFORM
- CHAPTER V THE OASIS OF ROSES
- CHAPTER VI THE ANCIENT CITY OF ANNU, OR ON
- CHAPTER VII A REFORMER OF ANCIENT DAYS
- CHAPTER VIII THE TABLET OF ABYDOS
- CHAPTER IX THE LAST EGYPTIAN PRINCESS
- CHAPTER X THE CITY OF THE LIVING
- CHAPTER XI THE CITY OF THE DEAD
- CHAPTER XII A VOYAGE ON THE NILE IN A FELUCCA
- CHAPTER XIII THE DOOMED ISLAND OF PHILÆ
- CHAPTER XIV ASSOUAN UNDER LORD KITCHENER
- CHAPTER XV A TRIP ON THE NILE THROUGH NUBIA
- CHAPTER XVI WATER FOR THE THIRSTY LAND; THE MODERN “BINDING OF THE NILE”
- INDEX
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- PYRAMIDS AND PROGRESS
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- KEY TO THE PLATE OF ROYAL SCARABS
- INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SAYCE, D.D., LL.D.
- CHAPTER I THE DOORWAYS OF EGYPT
- CHAPTER II CAIRO, THE CARAVANSERAI OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER III THE GREAT PYRAMID-PLATFORM
- CHAPTER IV THE FURTHER PYRAMID-PLATFORM
- CHAPTER V THE OASIS OF ROSES
- CHAPTER VI THE ANCIENT CITY OF ANNU, OR ON
- CHAPTER VII A REFORMER OF ANCIENT DAYS
- CHAPTER VIII THE TABLET OF ABYDOS
- CHAPTER IX THE LAST EGYPTIAN PRINCESS
- CHAPTER X THE CITY OF THE LIVING
- CHAPTER XI THE CITY OF THE DEAD
- CHAPTER XII A VOYAGE ON THE NILE IN A FELUCCA
- CHAPTER XIII THE DOOMED ISLAND OF PHILÆ
- CHAPTER XIV ASSOUAN UNDER LORD KITCHENER
- CHAPTER XV A TRIP ON THE NILE THROUGH NUBIA
- CHAPTER XVI WATER FOR THE THIRSTY LAND; THE MODERN “BINDING OF THE NILE”
- INDEX
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- Pyramids and ProgressSketches from Egypt, pp. vPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1900