CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.-SUMMARY OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD.

DYNASTIC AND DYNASTIC INHABITANTS OF EGYPT COM-

PARED. THEIR DWELLINGS, METHODS OF BURIALS,

TOMBS, ETC. ART OF WRITING AND INSCRIPTIONS,

NAMES OF TE, RE, AND KA. DEVELOPMENT OF

HIEROGLYPHICS. EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE AND ITS

AFFINITIES. EGYPTIAN RELIGION OF INDIGENOUS

ORIGIN. ANTIQUITY OF BELIEF IN A FUTURE LIFE.

OSIRIS. OLDEST FIGURE OF A GODDESS. NAMES OF

GODDESSES IN USE IN THE ARCHAIC PERIOD. NEITH,

PTAH-SEKER-ASAR, HORUS, APIS, MNEVIS, ETC.

GREAT ANTIQUITY OF PARTS OF THE Book of the Dead.

SEMTI, THE EDITOR OF PARTS OF IT. THE FOLLOWERS

OF HORUS. EARLY STATUES OF BESH. CLASS OF

GREEN SLATE OBJECTS OF UNKNOWN USE. STELE

OF VULTURES COMPARED. EVIDENCE OF JAR-SEAL-

INGS. EARLY TITLES OF OFFICIALS. THE SET AND

HORUS NAMES OF THE KING. PHARAOH. THE

SEREKH OR "COGNIZANCE." THE TITLE "SON OF

THE SUN." THE QUEEN OR ROYAL MOTHER.

PRIVILEGES OF WOMEN

CHAPTER II.-FOURTH DYNASTY. SENEFERU. HIS FORTS
AND PYRAMID. QUEEN MERTI-TEF-S. KHUFU OR
HIS PYRAMID. MEANING OF THE
WORD "PYRAMID." DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GREAT
PYRAMID BY HERODOTUS, DIODORUS, PLINY, STRABO,

CHEOPS AND

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ABU'L-FIDA. NOTICES BY CHRISTIAN WRITERS.
CONSTRUCTION OF GREAT PYRAMID. KHUFU'S SON,
HERU-TATA-F. RA-TET-F OR RATOISES. KHA-F-RA
OR CHEPHREN AND HIS PYRAMID. TEMPLE OF THE
SPHINX. THE SPHINX. MENTION OF, BY PLINY AND
'ABD AL-LATÎF. MYCERINUS AND HIS PYRAMID.
HIS COFFIN AND SARCOPHAGUS. SHEPSES-KA-F
CHAPTER III.-FIFTH DYNASTY. USERKAF AND HIS
PYRAMID. SAHU-RA AND HIS PYRAMID. RUT-TEȚET,
THE WIFE OF RA-USER AND HER THREE SONS.
RA-EN-USER AND HIS WORKS AT SINAI. THE
MASTABA OF THI. MEN-KAU-HERU AND HIS WORKS
AT SINAI. ÁSSÅ AND THE WÂDI HAMMÂMÂT. HE
SENDS TO THE LAND OF THE GHOSTS FOR A PYGMY.
PTAḤ-ḤETEP, THE AUTHOR OF THE PRECEPTS. UNAS.
HIS PYRAMID, INSCRIBED WITH IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS
TEXTS. UNAS KILLS AND EATS THE GODS

CHAPTER IV.-SIXTH DYNASTY. TETA AND HIS PYRAMID.

PEPI I. THE OFFICIAL UNA AND HIS EXPEDITION

ΤΟ THE SOUTH. CLEARS THE OLD CANAL AT

ELEPHANTINE. MER-EN-RA. HIS PYRAMID AND

MUMMY. THE OFFICIAL HER-KHUF. PEPI II.

MISSION OF HER-KHUF ΤΟ THE PYGMY LAND.
NITOCRIS. GREEK LEGENDS OF RHODOPIS-NITOCRIS.
DECAY OF POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEMPHIS
AT THE END OF THE VITH DYNASTY

CHAPTER V.-SUMMARY OF THE IVTH, VTH AND VITH

DYNASTIES. LIMITS OF EGYPTIAN RULE. NARAM-

SIN AND THE BABYLONIANS. ΜΑΚΑΝ. THE MENTI,

THE ANU (TROGLODYTES), THE SATI, THE ḤERU-SHA,

THE PETCHTI-SHU, THE THEHENNU, THE LIBU,

(LIBYANS), THE NEHESU (NUBIANS). EXPEDITIONS

OF HER-KHUF. PUNT. USE OF METALS. BRONZE

AGE. IRON. THE GREAT PYRAMID AND THE

MAŞTABAS. THE SHEKH AL-BALAD. EGYPTIAN

HOUSES. EARLY TEMPLES. РТАН-НЕТЕР THE

CONTENTS

MORALIST, AND KAQEMNA. ROYAL TITLES. PRIESTS

OF THE PYRAMIDS. WORSHIP OF KINGS. TOMBS

AND MONUMENTS OF THE EARLY EMPIRE. PRIESTS

OF HELIOPOLIS. POSITION OF WOMEN. THE

PEASANT

CHAPTER VI.-VIITH TO XITH DYNASTIES. CHRONO-

LOGICAL DIFFICULTIES. DYNASTIES FROM HERA-

KLEOPOLIS. KHATI I., KHATI II., KHIAN

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CHAPTER VII.-THE XITH DYNASTY. GROWTH OF

THEBES, THE CITY OF ÅMEN. KARNAK. PRINCES

OF THEBES CONQUER THOSE OF SIUT. THE ÅNTEF

KINGS. EDICT OF ANTEF V. AT COPTOS. THE

LAMENT OF THE HARPER. THE MENTHU-ḤETEP

KINGS. ÅMEN-EM-HAT, THE MINING ENGINEER.

PYRAMID OF MENTHU-ḤETEP III. MERTI-SEN, THE

SCULPTOR. HENNU'S EXPEDITION TO PUNT IN THE

REIGN OF SEANKH-KA-RĀ.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. THE GODDESS TA-URT. ARCHAIC PERIOD. (British

2. GREEN SLATE OBJECT OF UNKNOWN USE, WITH RELIEFS.

SLATE OBJECT OF UNKNOWN

(British Museum).

4. DRAWINGS FROM A FRAGMENT OF A SIMILAR OBJECT

5. ANCIENT FORM OF THE Serekh

6. ROCK-RELIEF OF SENEFERU AT WÂDÎ MAGHARA.

7. THE STEP PYRAMID AT MÉDÛM

8. ROCK-RELIEF OF KHUFU, OR CHEOPS, AT WADI

9. ROCK-RELIEF OF KHUFU, OR CHEOPS, AT WADI

10. VIEW OF THE GREAT PYRAMID AND SPHINX

11. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PASSAGES IN THE GREAT

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13. PORTRAIT STATUE OF KHAF-RA, OR CHEPHREN
14. PORTRAIT OF MEN-KAU-RA, OR MYCERINUS
15. COVER OF WOODEN COFFIN OF MYCERINUS. (British

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17. PORTRAIT STATUE OF USR-EN-Rã, King OF EGYPT

18. RELIEF OF MEN-KAU-HERU, KING OF EGYPT