The Splendour That Was Egypt

The difficulty of writing a book of this kind is the mass of available material which confronts the author. Each section could have been amplified so as to fill several volumes; therefore my aim of opinion most probably been very large. I have, however, tried to make the book as concise as possible, and to dedicate it to all students and my general audience to whom this book is chiefly addressed.

Another difficulty which attends the spelling of Egyptian names I have followed the line of least resistance in spelling the names in the conventional way, with the one exception of Sebekhy. The name of the god Setekh, and the king Seti, have two syllables when a guttural at the end. As the spelling does not express this to English readers, I have called the god Setekh; and the derivative names are therefore Sebekhy and Setrekh-nekh, instead of Sethy and Seth-nekht.

I have to thank Dr. Verner Pritchard for the painting of the jewellery, Dr. Stephen Pritchard and to Captain M. M. Barker for photographs, to Miss Muriel Broome for the drawings of the hieroglyphic on pp. 8 and 197, to Lt.-Col. J. S. Yale for reading the proofs, and to the authorities and staffs of the Fitzwilliam Museum and the University Library in Cambridge for the facilities and help so kindly and cordially given.

M. A. MURRAY