CONTENTS.

PART I.--THE VALUE OF THE TREASURY.

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE VALUE OF ARCHÆOLOGY 3

II. THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE 26

III. THE NECESSITY OF ARCHÆOLOGY TO THE GAIETY OF
THE WORLD 55


PART II.--STUDIES IN THE TREASURY.

IV. THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS 81

V. THE MISFORTUNES OF WENAMON 112

VI. THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR 138


PART III.--RESEARCHES IN THE TREASURY.

VII. RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN EGYPT 165