. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Abandoned sarcophagus on the hillside in Wady Fowakhieh. — Page A typical valley near Wady Fowakhieh. Pl. ix. To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 55 On camel or automobile he will make his wayover the ancient tracks to the dark valley of thequarries ; and there he will remain entranced, justas we, until the business of life calls him back tothe habitations of present-day men. III. THE BED SEA HIGHEOAD. In the reach of the Nile between Quft and Keneb,a few miles below Luxor, the river makes itsnearest approach to the Red Sea, not more than110 miles o
. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Abandoned sarcophagus on the hillside in Wady Fowakhieh. — Page A typical valley near Wady Fowakhieh. Pl. ix. To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 55 On camel or automobile he will make his wayover the ancient tracks to the dark valley of thequarries ; and there he will remain entranced, justas we, until the business of life calls him back tothe habitations of present-day men. III. THE BED SEA HIGHEOAD. In the reach of the Nile between Quft and Keneb,a few miles below Luxor, the river makes itsnearest approach to the Red Sea, not more than110 miles of desert separating the two waters atthis point. From Quft, the ancient Koptos, toKossair, the little seaport town, there runs thegreat highroad of ancient days, along which theEgyptians travelled who were engaged in theEastern trade. It happened by chance that thisroute led through the Wady Fowakhieh in whichthe famous quarries were situated ; and in thelast chapter I have recorded an expedition madeto that place in 1907. From the quarries I setout with my three friends for the sea; and, as theroute from
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