Page 15 Summary

The Mummy, written by E.A Wallis Budge, is an extremely informative book about ancient Egyptian culture.  Although the book covers a great expanse of information regarding the culture, lifestyles, rituals, and architecture, page fifteen talks specifically about a few particular monuments, tombs, and rulers.  These pages cover why these monumental structures were built, what they were made from, how they originally appeared, and for whom they were made.
The Sphinx is the first structure that is mentioned, and is one of the most famous monuments from ancient Egypt.  It was built at a very large scale, the highest point is about seventy feet up.  Originally it was coated with limestone, the head was adorned with ornaments, and the face was painted a rich red.  Unfortunately it does not look like this anymore, because of "the savage destruction of its features by the Muhammadan rulers of Egypt, some of whom caused it to be used for a target".  Not much is known about the Sphinx, but  we do know that it was made in the likeness of Ra-Harmachis and was made at least during 3700 B.C.
The Mummy briefly mentioned Menkaura (Mykerinos) as the "good and just" Egyptian King who had the third Giza pyramid built.  The British Museum is in possession of his coffin as well as what remains of his sarcophagus and of his body.
The last section of page fifteen talks about a few Egyptian rulers of the Vth dynasty that were more known for building monuments instead of waging wars.  Userkaf, Sahura, An, Heru-men-kau, and Tet-ka-ra suppressed riots, made towns and expeditions, and had reliefs cut from rock.
Even in just one page from the book, The Mummy, there was a large amount of information to be found on the subject of Ancient Egypt.  It expanded on monuments such as The Sphinx, who built a specific pyramid of Giza, and what Egyptian rulers were responsible for building things like towns and stone reliefs rather than conquering other nations.