Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in 1888 at home in England and abroad. She travelled throughout Egypt at a time when most women didn't leave home. One of the pioneering Egyptologists of the age, she established the Edwards Chair of Egyptology, occupied first by the great Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
Chapters
1 Preface to the First and Second Editions 17 min 2 Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 1 12 min 3 Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 2 11 min 4 Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 3 11 min 5 Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 1 13 min 6 Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 2 13 min 7 Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 3 13 min 8 Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 1 8 min 9 Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 2 9 min 10 Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 3 9 min 11 Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 1 18 min 12 Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 2 17 min 13 Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 3 17 min 14 Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 1 14 min 15 Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 2 15 min 16 Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 3 14 min 17 Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 1 13 min 18 Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 2 14 min 19 Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 3 14 min 20 Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 1 16 min 21 Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 2 17 min 22 Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 3 19 min 23 Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 1 14 min 24 Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 2 17 min 25 Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 3 16 min 26 Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 1 14 min 27 Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 2 12 min 28 Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 3 15 min 29 Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 1 15 min 30 Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 2 16 min 31 Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 3 15 min 32 Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 1 9 min 33 Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 2 8 min 34 Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 3 9 min 35 Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 1 14 min 36 Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 2 14 min 37 Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 3 14 min 38 Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 1 7 min 39 Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 2 7 min 40 Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 3 8 min 41 Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 1 13 min 42 Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 2 13 min 43 Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 3 12 min 44 Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 1 12 min 45 Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 2 12 min 46 Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 3 13 min 47 Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 1 18 min 48 Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 2 17 min 49 Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 3 16 min 50 Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 1 9 min 51 Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 2 10 min 52 Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 3 8 min 53 Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 1 16 min 54 Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 2 20 min 55 Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 3 20 min 56 Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 1 20 min 57 Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 2 23 min 58 Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 3 20 min 59 Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 1 13 min 60 Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 2 13 min 61 Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 3 14 min 62 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 1 16 min 63 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 2 18 min 64 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 3 19 min 65 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 4 18 min 66 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 5 16 min 67 Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 6 16 min 68 Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 1 18 min 69 Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 2 16 min 70 Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 3 17 min 71 Appendix 1 2 min 72 Appendix 2 8 min 73 Appendix 3 10 min 74 Appendix 4 4 min 75 Appendix 5 2 min
