Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Epigraph xi
5. Note to the Reader xvii
6. 1. Equipment for a Great Work 1
7. 2. What the Monuments Say 53
8. 3. Two Years, Three Books, Seven Volumes 83
9. 4. Expeditions to Nubia 117
10. 5. Spreading Wings 165
11. 6. The Near East as a Whole 207
12. 7. An Institute, a Calling 249
13. 8. Permanence 303
14. 9. A Historical Laboratory 345
15. Epitaph 397
16. Acknowledgments 403
17. Notes 407
18. Bibliography 475
19. Index 489