ABSTRACT
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF EGYPT—NOT THE OLDEST OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLE—WHAT THEIR RECORDS TELL US—MARIETTE—SERVICES TO EGYPTOLOGY—LIFE AND DEATH—DISCOVERIES AT SAKKÂRA — THE STEP PYRAMID—MEXICAN PYRAMID OF CHOLULA—THE NECROPOLIS—ANCIENT BURIALS—EVOLUTION OF THE TOMB— THE EMBALMERS—CHARACTER OF TOMB STRUCTURE—CLIMBING THE PYRAMID—BURIAL CUSTOMS OF OTHER NATIONS COMPARED— MASTABA TOMBS—ARCHITECTURAL SURPRISES—AUTHORS TO READ ON ANCIENT EGYPT.
