Forged Egyptian Antiquities

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T. G. Wakeling

PREFATORY NOTE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

LIST OF FIGURES PRINTED IN THE TEXT

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II GOLD ORNAMENTS

CHAPTER III LAPIS LAZULI FIGURES AND IRIDESCENT GLASS

CHAPTER IV FIGURES IN WOOD

CHAPTER V STONE FIGURES

CHAPTER VI PORCELAIN FIGURES

CHAPTER VII SCARABS

CHAPTER VIII ALABASTER

CHAPTER IX PORCELAIN, SERPENTINE AND GRANITE

CHAPTER X MUMMIES AND MUMMY CASES

CHAPTER XI A FORGED TOMB

CHAPTER XII THE MAKERS AND SELLERS OF FORGED ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTER XIII EGYPTOLOGISTS

REFERENCES

INDEX

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

FORGED EGYPTIAN
ANTIQUITIES

AGENTS
AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
  64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK
 
AUSTRALASIA THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  205 Flinders Lane, MELBOURNE
 
CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LTD.
  St. Martin’s House, 70 Bond Street, TORONTO
 
INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY LTD.
Macmillan Building, BOMBAY
  309 Bow Bazaar Street, CALCUTTA

 

PLATE I.

A BLUE CANOPIC JAR, WITH ANUBIS HEAD.
This is an imitation of porcelain and shows very well the unevenness of the modern glaze. Such jars were used to contain the internal organs of the dead and were placed in the tomb beside the mummy.

FORGED
EGYPTIAN
ANTIQUITIES
BY
T. G. WAKELING
AUTHOR OF “THE WHITE KNIGHTS”
ETC.
ADAM & CHARLES BLACK
4 SOHO SQUARE LONDON
1912
BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LTD
Tavistock Street Covent Garden
London
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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