Tutankhamen, and Other Essays

by Arthur Weigall

1924. future of excavation in Egypt; Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; tomb of Tutankhamen; Tutankhamen, the historical problems; ancient ghouls of Thebes; malevolence of ancient Egyptian spirits; problem of Egyptian chronology; eastern Egyptian desert and its interests; quarries of Wady Hammamat; Red Sea highroad; imperial Porphyry quarries; quarries of Mons Claudianus; temple of Wady Abad; flooding of lower Nubia; Egyptian Empire; gateway of the east; and the meaning of civilization. With 17 illustrations.

368 pages, Hardcover

First published July 2, 2015

About the author

Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall was an Egyptologist, stage designer, and journalist participated in the discoveries of the tombs of Yuya and Tjuyu, Kha and Merit, and Horemheb. During World War I he became a successful set-designer for the London revue stage, which led in turn to film work and thence to a post as film critic for the Daily Mail.