The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but
also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as
fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany,
he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was
unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper
Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt,
especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of
monuments and the prevention of the shipping of artefacts abroad,
until 1911, when he returned to London. In the preface to this
two-volume work, published in 1925, Weigall likens the writing of a
history of Egypt to the piecing together of a jigsaw puzzle
consisting of thousands of pieces, but intends to present a
chronological narrative at a level to satisfy both the scholar and
the interested amateur.
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