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.
This book is in a sense a seminal work, known to have influenced the modern writings of Elizabeth Peters in her Amelia Peabody Emerson murder-mystery series. (Summary by Sibella Denton)
Chapters
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Preface to the First and Second Editions Read by Sibella Denton 16:39
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Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 11:11
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Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 10:49
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Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 13:25
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Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 13:02
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Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 13:25
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Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 8:28
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Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 9:02
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Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 9:05
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Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 18:01
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Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 16:49
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Ch. IV: Sakkârah and Memphis, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 17:10
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Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 14:07
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Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 14:34
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Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 13:53
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Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 12:41
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Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 13:48
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Ch. VI: Minieh to Siût, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 14:04
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Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 16:09
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Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 17:20
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Ch. VII: Siût to Denderah, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 19:24
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Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 14:03
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Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 16:42
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Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 16:00
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Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 14:23
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Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 12:25
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Ch. IX: Thebes to Assûan, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 14:36
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Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 14:35
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Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 15:46
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Ch. X: Assûan and Elephantine, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 14:37
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Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 8:36
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Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 8:20
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Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 9:29
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Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 14:27
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Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 13:45
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Ch. XII: Philæ, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 14:21
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Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 7:15
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Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 6:49
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Ch. XIII: Philæ to Korosko, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 7:41
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Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 12:56
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Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 12:47
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Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 11:33
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Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 12:06
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Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 12:09
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Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 12:40
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Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 17:58
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Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 17:25
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Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 16:18
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Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 8:47
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Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 9:33
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Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 8:22
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Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 16:08
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Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 19:45
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Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 19:41
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Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 20:24
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Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 23:13
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Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 19:36
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Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 12:37
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Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 13:22
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Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 13:42
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 1 Read by Sibella Denton 16:23
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 2 Read by Sibella Denton 17:43
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 3 Read by Sibella Denton 19:24
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 4 Read by Sibella Denton 18:10
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 5 Read by Sibella Denton 15:59
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Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 6 Read by Sibella Denton 15:50
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Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 1 Read by Sibella Denton 17:32
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Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 2 Read by Sibella Denton 15:38
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Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt 3 Read by Sibella Denton 17:05
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Appendix 1 Read by Sibella Denton 2:29
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Appendix 2 Read by Sibella Denton 8:12
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Appendix 3 Read by Sibella Denton 10:09
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Appendix 4 Read by Sibella Denton 3:51
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Appendix 5 Read by Sibella Denton 2:24
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