The black and the red : geography and environment -- Travellers, thieves, and scholars : the history of Egyptology and Egyptomania -- Re-creating ancient Egypt : sources and methodologies -- Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past -- Maintaining Egypt : religion -- Kings and commoners : Egyptian society and government -- Town life and country life -- From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians -- The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, and mortuary cults.