A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt
From Abydos to the Sudan Frontier
Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology Series

The career of Arthur Weigall (1880?1934) encompassed Egyptology but also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany, he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt, especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of monuments and the prevention of shipping of artefacts abroad, until 1911, when he returned to London. He did not revisit Egypt until, as a journalist, he covered the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. In this 1910 guide, writing 'from careful and prolonged personal observation and thought', Weigall describes the less frequented ancient sites of Upper Egypt, beginning north of Thebes and descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border.

Preface; 1. Abydos; 2. Hou and Kasr es Sayad; 3. Koptos etc.; 4. Thebes; 5. The temple of Luxor; 6. The temples of Karnak; 7. Mortuary chapels of the nobles; 8. The tombs of the kings; 9. The mortuary temples of the kings of dynasties XVIII to XX; 10. The two mortuary temples of Der el Bahri; 11. Der el Medineh; 12. From Thebes to Esneh; 13. The history of El Kab; 14. The temple of Edfu; 15. The cemeteries at Edfu; 16. Gebel Silsileh; 17. The temple of Kom Ombo; 18. The history of Aswan and Elephantine; 19. The temple of Aswan; 20. The tombs of the princes of Elephantine; 21. The history of lower Nubia; 22. From Sehel to Philae; 23. From Philae to Kalabsheh; 24. From Kalabsheh to Maharaka; 25. From Maharaka to Kasr Ibrim; 26. Kasr Ibrim; Index.