Baikie tells the story of Egyptian archaeology itself: the pioneers who first dug for antiquities, Auguste Mariette and his work, the scientific methods that followed, the explorers of the pyramids and temples, and the finding of the cache of royal mummies hidden by priests fleeing tomb-robbers at Thebes.
A lively history of a hundred years of digging in Egypt, for anyone curious how the pharaohs were rediscovered. Download the free EPUB.