James Baikie 
The Story of Ancient Egypt (Serapis Classics) 

If we were asked to name the most interesting country in the world, I suppose that most people would say Palestine—not because there is anything so very wonderful in the land itself, but because of all the great things that have happened there, and above all because of its having been the home of our Lord. But after Palestine, I think that Egypt would come next. For one thing, it is linked very closely to Palestine by all those beautiful stories of the Old Testament, which tell us of Joseph, the slave-boy who became Viceroy of Egypt; of Moses, the Hebrew child who became a Prince of Pharaoh’s household; and of the wonderful exodus of the Children of Israel…

About the author

Other works by James Baikie include The Amarna Age, A Century of Excavation in the Land of the Pharaohs, The Land of the Pharaohs and Egyptian Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting, all to be published by Kegan Paul.