Before Zahi Hawass...Gaston Maspero

Gaston Maspero
June 23rd, 1846 to June 30th, 1916

Long before Zahi Hawass [current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities] there was Gaston Maspero a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government.

Gaston Maspero [Wikipedia]

Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria

Volume I [Chapters I, II, and III]

Volume II [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume III [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume IV [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume V [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume VI [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume VII [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume VIII [Parts A, B, and C]

Volume IX [Parts A and B]

[Unfortunately, volumes X, XI, and XII are not yet available.]