Belzoni: the giant archaeologists love to hate

Prologue

Sampson and Sarah

Mohammed's man in Malta

Enter the consul-general

Moving Memnon

The devil made them do it

Staff problems at Abu Simbel

A present from Philae

Messing with mummies

Return to Abu Simbel

The great discovery

Enduring achievements

Confrontation in the consulate

Over the mountains and through the passes

Philae and the grand engagement

Bingham Richards and the "Christie-sort of list"

Hard times

Saving Sarah

Significant others

Epilogue

Glossary.