Retells twenty stories of magic, adventure, and mythology first told in ancient Egypt.

Ra and his children --Isis and Osiris -- Horus the avenger -- Khnemu of the Nile -- The great Queen Hatshepsut -- The prince and the sphinx -- The princess and the demon -- The golden lotus -- Teta the magician -- The Book of Thoth -- Se-Osiris and the sealed letter -- The land of the dead -- The tale of the two brothers -- The story of the shipwrecked sailor -- The adventures of Sinuhe -- The peasant and the workman -- The taking of Joppa -- The story of the Greek princess -- The treasure thief -- The girl with the rose-red slippers.