CONTENTS

LAKE

KHNEMU-

CHAPTER I.—ÅMENEMḤĀT I. PALACE CONSPIRACY. HIS
CAPITAL THET-TAUI. EXPEDITION TO NUBIA. HIS
BOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS. STORY OF SA-NEHAT.
OF SENEFERU. HIS ARRIVAL AT QEM-UR. NEARLY
DIES OF THIRST. THE PRINCE OF TENU. SA-NEHAT
FIGHTS A GIANT. HIS PROSPERITY. HE RETURNS
TO EGYPT. HIS PYRAMID TOMB. USERTSEN I. HIS
OBELISKS AT HELIOPOLIS. HIS PYRAMID AT LISHT.
EXPEDITION TO NUBIA AND THE SÛDÂN. AMENEM-
ḤĀT AND HIS OFFICIAL HATHOR-SA.
ḤETEP AT BENI-HASAN. STATUE OF TEḤUTI-ḤETEP.
USERTSEN II. KHNEMU-HETEP II., GOVERNOR OF
BENI-HASAN. A PARTY OF AAMU VISIT EGYPT AND
BRING EYE-PAINT. PYRAMID AT ILLÂHÛN. USER-
TSEN II. THE "SESOSTRIS" OF MANETHO. VOYAGES
OF SESOSTRIS. USERTSEN III. CLEARS OUT A CANAL
IN THE FIRST CATARACT. ENAMELLED GOLD PLATE
OF USERTSEN III. CONQUEST OF NUBIA. FORTS AT
SEMNEH AND KUMMEH. PYRAMID OF DAHSHÛR.
ÀMENEMHAT III. HIS MINING WORKS. PLAQUE
OF AMENEMḤĀT III. NILE LEVELS AT SEMNEH
AND KUMMEH. LAKE MOERIS DESCRIBED. THE
LABYRINTH DESCRIBED. PYRAMID OF HAWARA.
PHARAOH'S CHAIRS. SPHINXES OF ÅMENEMḤĀT III.

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MINING WORKS. ÁMENEMḤĀT IV. AND HIS SISTER

RA-SEBEK-NEFERUT. AU-AB-RA AND HIS TOMB AND

SCARABS

DIFFICULTIES.

CHAPTER II.-THIRTEENTH DYNASTY. CHRONOLOGICAL

TURIN PAPYRUS AFFORDS NO DECISIVE

INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERIOD. 60 THEBAN KINGS

IN 453 YEARS. POWER OF THE NUBIANS, LIBYANS

AND AAMU. REIGNS OF RA-KHU-TAUI, RA-SEKHEM-

RA, ETC. SEBEK-HETEP I. KING OF ALL EGYPT.

SEBEK-HETEP II. NEFER-HETEP RESTORES A TEMPLE

AT ABYDOS. SEBEK-HETEP III. HIS STATUES ON

THE ISLAND OF ARGO. RA-NEḤSI. THE REIGN OF

AB-ÄÄ.

CHAPTER III.-DYNASTIES XI.-XIII. SUMMARY. SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED TO THEBES. MODELS

OF TWO COMPANIES OF EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS. WORSHIP

OF SEBEK. PROSPERITY AND POWER OF EGYPT.
IRRIGATION WORKS, CANALS, RESERVOIRS, ETC.
EGYPT AND PUNT. POSITION OF THE NOBLES. THE
CULT OF AMEN. THE PRIESTS OF AMEN-RA. FUNERAL
CEREMONIES AND THE Book of the Dead. ART AND
LITERATURE IN THE XIITH DYNASTY. KAHÛN AND
ILLAHUN. BIRKET AL-KARUN AND LAKE MOERIS.
TEMPLE OF AMEN AT THEBES AND OF RA AT
HELIOPOLIS ENLARGED. ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER IV.-FOURTEENTH DYNASTY. 76 KINGS IN 184

OR 484 YEARS. SEBEK-EM-SA-F. WORSHIP OF AMSU

OR MIN. SEBEK-EM-SAU-F. ROBBERY OF HIS TOMB.

HIS QUEEN NUB-KHA-S. SETTLEMENT OF SEMITES

IN THE DELTA. THEIR POWER THERE

CHAPTER V.-FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH DYNASTIES.

THE HYKSOS OR SHEPHERDS. THEORIES OF LEPSIUS

UNTENABLE. THE HYKSOS KING SALATIS. GENERAL

MOVEMENT OF SYRIAN TRIBES TO EGYPT CAUSED BY

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CONQUEST OF BABYLON BY KHAMMURABI. BUILDING

OF AVARIS. ITS GARRISON 250,000 STRONG. THE

HYKSOS KING ACCORDING TO MANETHO. MEANING

OF THE NAME HYKSOS. THE MENTI, SATI, AND

ĀAMU. HYKSOS ATROCITIES. HYKSOS CALLED

"FILTHY." HYKSOS ADOPT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION.

SET OR SUTEKH THEIR GOD. THE WINGED SPHINX.

MANETHO'S ACCOUNT OF THE HYKSOS ACCORDING TO

JOSEPHUS. APEPÅ I. ÅPEPA II. NUBTI. THE

TABLET OF FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. KHIAN AND

HIS STATUES. STONE LION OF KHIAN. UATCHET

AND IPEQ-HERU. SENBMAIU AND RA-AA-SEḤ

CHAPTER VI. THE SEVENTEENTH DYNASTY. THEBAN AND

HYKSOS KINGS REIGN CONTEMPORANEOUSLY. QUARREL

BETWEEN RA-SEQENEN OF THEBES AND RA-ÅPEPI OF

THE DELTA. RA-SEQENEN I.-III. TOMB OF RA-

SEQENEN AT DER AL-BAḤARÎ. DISCOVERY OF ROYAL

TOMBS IN 1871. RA-SEQENEN III. KILLED IN BATTLE.

DEFEAT OF THE HYKSOS. MUMMY OF RA-SEQENEN.

REIGN OF KA-MES. QUEEN AAH-HETEP. HER COFFIN

Senekht-en-RA AND ÀÃHMES-SA-

AND ORNAMENTS.

PA-ÅR.

OF THE

CHAPTER VII.-—THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY. ÁĀḤ-MES
I. AND HIS CAMPAIGNS. INSCRIPTION
GENERAL ÅĀḤMES. CAPTURE OF AVARIS. DEFEAT
OF THE MENTIU. INVASION OF NUBIA. THE
PEN-NEKHEB. TETA-AN THE

GENERAL

ÅÄHMES

REBEL. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLES OF PTAḤ
AND AMEN. THE FENKHU OR
66 FOREIGNERS." TOMB
OF АAḤMES I. AND HIS MUMMY. QUEEN AAḤMES-
NEFERT-ÅRI. HER MUMMY DESCRIBED. CHILDREN
OF AAḤMES I. AMEN-HETEP I. HIS CAMPAIGNS.
INVASION OF NUBIA AND LIBYA. AMEN-HETEP THE
BENEFACTOR OF THE PRIESTS OF AMEN. HIS TOMB
BROKEN INTO BY THIEVES. THOTHMES I. AND

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HIS MOTHER SENSENEB. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE

NUBIANS. EXPEDITION TO WESTERN ASIA. OBELISKS

OF THOTHMES I. AT KARNAK. HIS MUMMY AND

TOMB. HIS WIVES AAHMES AND MUT-NEFERT. HIS

DAUGHTER THE GREAT QUEEN ḤĀTSHEPSET. THOTH-

MES II. AND HIS CONQUESTS. EXPEDITION INTO

NUBIA. MUMMY AND TOMB OF THOTHMES II. IN-

SCRIPTION. OASIS OF UL-'AYÛN. THOTHMES II.

MARRIES HATSHEPSET. HIS DAUGHTERS, RA-NEFERU

AND HATSHEPSET

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. TABLET OF KHNEMU-ḤETEP. REIGN OF USERTSEN II. 2. ENAMELLED GOLD PLAQUE OF USERTSEN II.

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3. ARRIVAL OF A COMPANY OF THE AAMU IN EGYPT

WITH EYE-PAINT

4. ENAMELLED GOLD PLAQUE OF USERTSEN III.

5. STELE OF USERTSEN III. RECORDING HIS VICTORY OVER THE NUBIANS

6. USERTSEN III. GIVING LIFE TO THOTHMES III. . 7. Enamelled GOLD PLAQUE OF ÀMENEMḤĀT III. 8. PORTRAIT HEAD OF ÅMENEMḤĀT III..

9. PLAN OF THE PYRAMID OF ÅMENEMḤĀT III.
10. HUMAN-HEADED SPHINX OF ÅMENEMḤĀT III. FROM

11. STELE OF SEKHEM-KA-RA. XIIITH DYNASTY
12. LIMESTONE SHRINE OF PA-SUTEN. REIGN OF ÅMEN-

13. Two COMPANIES OF EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS

14. THE SERVANT OF PEPI-EN-ANKH CARRYING HIS MASTER'S LUGGAGE. (Front view). .

15. THE SERVANT OF PEPI-EN-ANKH CARRYING HIS MASTER'S LUGGAGE. (Back view).

16. STATUE OF AN OFFICIAL. XIITH DYNASTY

17. THE OFFICIAL ANKH-P-KHRAT. XIITH DYNASTY

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