Publishers' Note

If for any reason it seems impracticable to take this entire tour of Egypt, an excellent plan is to take—

(a) The first 51 positions, going through Lower Egypt , visiting Cairo, the Pyramids and all points intermediate to Thebes, gaining at Thebes a general knowledge of the great Theban plain, and making a detailed study of one of the Theban temples—the Temple of Luxor. (Nos. 1-51 inclusive.)

(b) The first 27 positions, seeing Lower Egypt and Cairo and making a detailed study of the Pyramids. (Nos. 1-27 inclusive.)

(c) The 33 positions at Thebes, seeing all the most magnificent temple remains of that famous city. (Nos. 47-79 inclusive.)

Still smaller parts of the entire tour that may be taken by themselves are—

(d) The 12 positions about and within the Pyramids. (Nos. 16-27 inclusive.)

(e) The 15 positions in Lower Egypt and in and about the streets of Cairo. (Nos. 1-15 inclusive.)

(f) The 12 positions in and around the Temple of Karnak. (Nos. 52-63 inclusive.)

(g) The 8 positions at Assuan, Philae, and around the First Cataract of the Nile. (Nos. 84-91 inclusive.)

(h) The 4 positions about the rock-hewn Temple of Abu Simbel. (Nos. 94-97 inclusive.)

It will be found much more enjoyable and more profitable to take some such definite part of the tour and follow it systematically, rather than to make a selection of unconnected positions all over the country.

In any case, the advantage of having Professor Breasted's book, with the patent maps, cannot be too strongly urged.