PUBLISHERS' NOTE In the year 1894 Dr. Wallis Budge prepared for Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. an elementary work on the Egyptian language, entitled "First Steps in Egyptian,” and two years later the companion volume, "An Egyptian Reading Book," with transliterations of all the texts printed in it, and a full vocabulary. The success of these works proved that they had helped to satisfy a want long felt by students of the Egyptian language, and as a similar want existed among students of the languages written in the cuneiform character, Mr. L. W. King, of the British Museum, prepared on the same lines as the two books mentioned above, an elementary work on the Assyrian and Babylonian languages ("First Steps in Assyrian"), which appeared in 1898. These works, however, lealt mainly with the philological branch of Egyptology and Assyriology, and it was impossible in the space allowed to explain much that needed explanation in the other branches of these subjects-that is to say, matters relating to the archeology, history, religion, etc., of the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. In answer to the numerous requests which have been made, a series of short, popular handbooks on the most important branches of Egyptology and Assyriology have been prepared, and it is hoped that these will serve as introductions to the larger works on these subjects. The present is the eleventh volume of the series, and the succeeding volumes will be published at short intervals, and at moderate prices. Books on Egypt and Chaldaea EGYPT UNDER THE AMENEMḤĀTS AND HYKSOS BY E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D., D.LIT. KEEPER OF THE EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. 1902 [All rights reserved] D783 1902a V. 3 In compliance with current copyright law, LBS Archival Products produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1984 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original. 1987 |