2016 Reprint of 1909 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published as "The Instruction

'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on

'An Account of Egypt' is the story of Greek historian Herodotus' travels through the Ptolemaic Kingdom. It is a richly descriptive tale of ancient Egyptian cust