LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE Learning the Koran.67 Approaching El-Azhar .7°

In the porticos of El-Azhar.71 The Pyramids.7^ Mr. Carpenter climbing the Pyramids .... 79 Standing on the Sphinx's neck.82 Taking it easy at Helouan.83 View of the Pyramids.86

Uncovering tombs of ancient kings.87 The alabaster Sphinx.94 The great museum at Cairo.95 Students at Asyut College.102 American College at Asyut.103

Between classes at the college.103 In the bazaars.no A native school in an illiterate land.in The greatest egoist of Egypt.118 The temple tomb of Hatshepsut.119 Sacred lake before the temple.119 The avenue of sphinxes.126 The dam is over a mile long.127 Lifting water from level to level.134 Where the fellaheen live ..135 A Nubian pilot guides our ship.142 Pharaoh's Bed half submerged.143 An aged warrior of the Bisharin .150 A mud village on the Nile.151 Where the Bisharin live.151 A safe place for babies.158 Mother and child ..159 A bad landing place for aviators.162 Over the native villages.T . . 162

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