Preface

First Journey 1 Alexandria. Plague. Cairo. Pyramids. Wounded. Rebellion. Marriage Ceremonies.

First Journey 2 Arabian play and farce. Soldiers shooting. Hydraulic machine. Ascending the Nile. Hermopolis, Siout, Dendera.

First Journey 3 Removing Memnon bust. Difficulties. Turkish dinner. Work proceeds. Bust arrives at the Nile.

First Journey 4 Mummy cave. Assouan. First Cataract. Elephantine. Alarmed by the natives.

First Journey 5 Journey continues. Several villages. Description of the natives. Introduces money.

First Journey 6 Second cataract. Land journey. Frighten natives. Ascend against the current and eddies. View of cataract from Rock of Aspis. Greek church. To open the temple at Ysambul. Difficulties with natives. Cacheff drinks wine for first time.

First Journey 7 Great numbers of workers. Attempt at robbery. Return to first cataract. Small obelisk. Column with Latin. Manners of the Arabs. Luxor. Carnak. Count de Forbin. Lion headed statues.

First Journey 8 Carnak. The Bey and court. The tomb of a king. The boat and its trials. Bust of Memnon embarked on boat. Thebes to Cairo to Alexandria. Captain Cabillia’s operations.

Second Journey 1 Cairo to Thebes, Tabeen and Boorumbol. An Arabian dance. Forced march to Thebes. Bedoween horsemen and tents. A missing letter. Cacheff of Erments. Miracles by a Santon. Luxor. Carnak. Thebes

Second Journey 2 Gournou natives and tombs. More on the natives. Two metal vases. Sphinxes and sickle. Discovery of tombs. Herodotus on mummies. Various classes of mummies. Animal mummies.

Second Journey 3 Mummy priests. Mummies and their decoration. Linen, enamelling, gilding, painting, sculpture, architecture. Tomb. Happiness of Gournou natives. A colossal head discovered. Arrival of Defterdar Bey. Barbarous conduct toward the Bey of Gournou.

Second Journey 4 Ascends Nile. Thebes. Bey interview. Two Fathers. Whirlwind. Mirage.Locusts. Island Of Philoe. Ysambul. Second Cataract. Extortion attempt. Return to Ysambul.

Second Journey 5 Opening the temple. Ramadan. Other cacheffs. Entry to temple. Description. Departure. Assouan. Luxor. Erments.

Second Journey 6 Valley of Beban el Malook. Tombs. Arrival of travelers. Tomb excavation. Enter the tomb. Description of apartments. Sarcophagus of alabaster.

Second Journey 7 Tomb of Psaummuthis. Painting. Name of the tomb. Isle of Philoe stones. Noble family. Count de Forbin. Pyramind of Cephrenes.

Second Journey 8 Difficulties. Observation on the Pyramids. Foundation of temple discovered. First entrance. More calculations. Discovery of the true entrance.

Second Journey 9 Difficulties in entering. Description of interior. Arabic inscription observed. Accounts of the pyramids. Hieroglyphics. Coatings. Thebes.

Third Journey Visit Defterdar Bey. Capital crimes. Thebes. Eclipse of the sun. Opinion on Memnonium. Wax models of tombs. Motive for travel to Red Sea.

Journey To The Red Sea 1 Great Nile inundation. Across the desert. Hills of granite. Description of the Ababdy tribes. In sight of the Red Sea