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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.

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The Delphian Course of Reading VIII

Prehistoric Man; Customs and Occupations. Dawn of Civilization XIV

EGYPT.

Prefatory Chapter 13

CHAPTER I.
Its Antiquity; Story of Joseph, Physical Geography, Prehistoric
Egypt 20

CHAPTER II.
Sources of Egyptian History; Herodotus' Account of Egypt 31

CHAPTER III.
Pyramid Age; Early Egyptian Kings; Construction of Pyramids 37

CHAPTER IV.
Age of Darkness; Middle Empire; Reigns of Amenemhet I. and III.;
Description of Labyrinth 43

CHAPTER V.
Egypt under the Shepherd Kings; Beginning of the New Empire;
Conquests of Thutmose I. 51

CHAPTER VI.
First Egyptian Queen; Temple of Hatshepsut; Expedition to Punt 57

CHAPTER VII.
Military Kings; Hymn of Victory; Worship of the Solar Disk;
Temple of Karnak 64

CHAPTER VIII.
Nineteenth Dynasty; Egypt under Ramses the Great; Twentieth
Dynasty; Priest Rule; Ethiopian Kings 72

CHAPTER IX.
Social Life in Egypt; Houses, Dress, Family Life 85

CHAPTER X.
Sports and Recreations 96

CHAPTER XI.
Agriculture and Cattle Raising; Arts and Crafts; Egyptian Markets;
Military Affairs 100

CHAPTER XII.
Schools and Education; Egyptian Literature 112

CHAPTER XIII.
Religion of Ancient Egypt; Hymn to the Nile; Egyptian Temples and
Ceremonies 119

CHAPTER XIV.
Art and Decoration 133

CHAPTER XV.
Tombs and Burial Customs 138