Contents: 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.