CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. GOLD ORNAMENTS 11 III. LAPIS LAZULI FIGURES AND IRIDESCENT GLASS 27 IV. FIGURES IN WOOD 35 V. STONE FIGURES 45 VI. PORCELAIN FIGURES 61 VII. SCARABS 67 VIII. ALABASTER 95 IX. PORCELAIN, SERPENTINE AND GRANITE 99 X. MUMMIES AND MUMMY CASES 113 XI. A FORGED TOMB 119 XII. THE MAKERS AND SELLERS OF FORGED ANTIQUITIES 125 XIII. EGYPTOLOGISTS 135 REFERENCES 151 INDEX 153 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR PLATE PAGE I. A BLUE CANOPIC JAR WITH ANUBIS HEAD Frontispiece II. NECKLACES AND A BRACELET 24 III. WOODEN USHEBTI FIGURES 33 IV. FUNERARY FIGURES IN WOOD AND PLASTER 40 V. WOODEN ARTICLES 49 VI. STONE AND COMPOSITION FIGURES 56 VII. STONE AND OTHER FIGURES 65 VIII. SCARABS AND AMULETS 72 IX. ALABASTER 97 X. PORCELAIN, WOOD AND GLASS 104 XI. BLUE PORCELAIN 107 XII. PORCELAIN 110 XIII. BLUE PORCELAIN 113 XIV. A PIECE OF MUMMY CASE 120 XV. BEADS AND MUMMY CLOTH 137 XVI. REPRODUCTIONS FOUND IN NUBIA 114 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF FIGURES PRINTED IN THE TEXT PAGE MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; VIEW OF INTERIOR 35 MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; COMPLETE OBJECT 37 HORUS HAWK 40 BES 41 FIGURE OF A NUBIAN, MADE OF SLATE 42