Recent excavations at Deir-el-Bahari 153 From a Photograph. “The half-naked workmen toiling and sweating in the sun” 157 From a Photograph. The Vache Hathor of Denderah 162 From a Photograph. Painted tomb chamber of Prince Sen-nofer, Thebes 167 From a Photograph. Temple of Esneh 171 From a Photograph. Prayer in the Desert 175 Painted by Jules Guérin. The Temple of Edfu 180 Painted by Jules Guérin. Pylon, Temple of Edfu 183 From a Photograph. The Temple of Edfu from the top of the Pylon 190 From a Photograph. The Court, Temple of Edfu 193 Painted by Jules Guérin. Hypostyle Hall, Kôm Ombos 197 From a Photograph. The Temple of Kôm Ombos 201 Painted by Jules Guérin. Temple of Kôm Ombos. Screen wall of Hypostyle Hall 206 From a Photograph. The Island of Elephantine, from Assuan 210 From a Photograph. The Isle of Philæ before the construction of the dam 213 From a Photograph. The Sacred Isle of Philæ 217 Painted by Jules Guérin. The Temple of Isis, Philæ 222 From a Photograph. Nearly submerged columns, Isle of Philæ 225 From a Photograph. Pharaoh’s Bed, before the construction of the dam 229 From a Photograph. “Pharaoh’s Bed,” Island of Philæ 233 Painted by Jules Guérin. In “Pharaoh’s Bed,” Island of Philæ 238 From a Photograph. Fore-court of the Temple of Isis and “Pharaoh’s Bed,” Philæ 241 From a Photograph. Abu-Simbel 245 Painted by Jules Guérin. Abu-Simbel, from the river 249 From a Photograph. EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS [Illustration: From a photograph by Bonfils of Beirut THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH] EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS I THE PYRAMIDS Why do you come to Egypt? Do you come to gain a dream, or to regain lost dreams of old; to gild your life with the drowsy gold of romance, to lose a creeping sorrow, to forget that too many of your hours are sullen, gray, bereft? What do you wish of Egypt?