Chapter XIV: Part II: The History of Egypt

BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES

H. C. BRUGSCH, E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, C. K. J. BUNSEN, J. F. CHABAS,
ADOLF ERMAN, K. R. LEPSIUS, A. E. MARIETTE, G. C. C. MASPERO,
EDUARD MEYER, W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, J. GARDNER WILKINSON

TOGETHER WITH A CHARACTERISATION OF

EGYPT AS A WORLD INFLUENCE

BY

ADOLF ERMAN

WITH ADDITIONAL CITATIONS FROM

CLAUDIUS ÆLIANUS, WM. BELOE, THE HOLY BIBLE, J. B. BIOT, SAMUEL
BIRCH, J. F. CHAMPOLLION, DIODORUS SICULUS, GEORG EBERS, AMELIA
B. EDWARDS, ROBERT HARTMANN, A. H. L. HEEREN, HERODOTUS, FLAVIUS
JOSEPHUS, H. LARCHER, J. P. MAHAFFY, MANETHO, AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS,
JOHN MAUNDEVILLE, MELA POMPONIUS, L. MÉNARD, PAUSANIAS, PETRONIUS,
PLINY, PLUTARCH, R. POCOCKE, PETER LE PAGE RENOUF, I. ROSELLINI, E.
DE ROUGÉ, C. SAVARY, F. VON SCHLEGEL, G. SERGI, SOLINUS, STRABO,
ISAAC TAYLOR, THE TURIN PAPYRUS AND THE DYNASTIC LISTS OF KARNAK,
ABYDOS, AND SAQQARAH, A. WIEDEMANN, HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, AND
THOMAS YOUNG

COPYRIGHT, 1904,

BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS.

_All rights reserved._

EGYPT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. EGYPT AS A WORLD INFLUENCE.
BY DR. ADOLF ERMAN 57

EGYPTIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE 65

CHAPTER I. THE EGYPTIAN RACE AND ITS ORIGIN 77

CHAPTER II. THE OLD MEMPHIS KINGDOM 90

CHAPTER III. THE OLD THEBAN KINGDOM 106

CHAPTER IV. THE RESTORATION 126

CHAPTER V. THE XIXTH DYNASTY 141

CHAPTER VI. THE FINDING OF THE ROYAL MUMMIES 155

CHAPTER VII. THE PERIOD OF DECAY 162

CHAPTER VIII. THE CLOSING SCENES 180

CHAPTER IX. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EGYPTIANS 196

CHAPTER X. THE EGYPTIAN RELIGION 219

CHAPTER XI. EGYPTIAN CULTURE 240

CHAPTER XII. CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY 263

APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS 267