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Egyptian Antiquities. Plate I.
Ring bearing the name of King Apepŷ.
Ring bearing the name of King Nefer-Ka-Ra.
Ring of King Amenhetep II.
Ring of King Akhenaten.
Ring of King Hor-em-heb.
SCARABS
PREFACE.
Since the year 1895, when Professor FlindersPetrie’s book on Historical Scarabs became “outof print,” the want of a comprehensive work onthese interesting little Egyptian antiquities has beenmuch felt. Two volumes on Egyptian Scarabs, itis true, have been published since that date, butthese works treat of private collections and do notclaim to deal with the subject in its entirety oreven in a scientific manner.
A long residence, extending over several years,at Thebes, the centre of the Upper Egyptian Scarabmarket, and the place where the best imitation Scarabsare now manufactured, has, I may claim, givenme exceptional opportunities