The career of Arthur Weigall ‎(‎1880‎-1934‎)‎ encompassed Egyptology but also stage design‎,‎ film criticism and journalism‎,‎ as well as fiction and books about ancient Egypt‎.‎ After studying in Germany‎,‎ he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie‎,‎ but in 1905 he was unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt‎,‎ when Howard Carter was forced to resign‎.‎ His work in Egypt‎,‎ especially in the area of Luxor‎,‎ focused on the conservation of monuments and the prevention of shipping of artefacts abroad‎,‎ until 1911‎,‎ when he returned to London‎.‎ He did not revisit Egypt until‎,‎ as a journalist‎,‎ he covered the opening of Tutankhamen‎'‎s tomb in 1922‎.‎ In this 1910 guide‎,‎ writing ‎'‎from careful and prolonged personal observation and thought‎'‎‎,‎ Weigall describes the less frequented ancient sites of Upper Egypt‎,‎ beginning north of Thebes and descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border‎.‎