ABSTRACT
THEBES—ITS FORMER MAGNIFICENCE—TEMPLES THE WONDER OF THE WORLD—BIRTHPLACE OF MANY DYNASTIES—DECLINE OF SPLENDOUR—MARIETTE'S DISCOVERIES—RESTORATION OF GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON—LUXOR AND ITS WONDERFUL REMAINS—KARNAK AND ITS PYLONS—DISCOVERIES OF FESTIVAL HALL AND OTHER GIGANTIC RUINS—FORTIFIED CITIES—SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ASTOUND MODERN ARCHITECTS—SECRET OF LONG-STANDING STRUCTURES—FALL OF' COLUMNS AT KARNAK.
