All is changed. Scientific research has brought to light a part of the life and progress of that ancient people, but the shroud of mystery still enwraps the Land of Mizraim, and there rise from her Sphynxes, her Temples and her mummied host, the gibbering ghosts of tragedies, the restless spirits of disappointed ambitions, and the incense of loves long since forgotten. On all the actors in that ancient drama, who played their parts as then seemed best for them, the world has meted out its judgment. To those whose fortune it was to be cast in leading roles.