Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep.

So find a comfortable spot.

Adjust your volume,

take a nice deep breath in,

let it out slowly,

and off we go.

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thank you so much to everyone who's already done so. Now let's get to the

reading. This week we're returning to one of our favorite history books,

The Manual of Egyptian Archaeology

and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt for the use of students and travelers.

Written by Gaston Camille Charles Musparo, D.C.L. Oxford.

Member of the Institute of France, Professor at the College of France,

ex-director-general of Egyptian museums, translated by Amelia B. Edwards, a new edition revised

and enlarged by the author with 309 illustrations first published in

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