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A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic PUBLIS H ERS ’ NO T E b e to E A A TREN H TR BNER . MESSRS . K G N P O U C o L D UL, , , T , g announce that they have still in stock a limited numb er of th e larger e dition o f th e hieroglyphic text and translation of th e Theban Recension of th e B ook o f th e D e ad ith th e hi ero , w i ular D WA LLI S B E ic a eare in l h c vo cab b R . D h h d g yp y y U G , w pp “ three vo lum es under th e title CHAPTER OF COM I NG FORT H ” DAY l ate in 1897 . BY , f E Price or the nti e o £2 103 . r W rk, con ains all h e n n r VOLUM E I . t t k o w Chapte s of th e Th eban Recensmn of th e B o ok of th e Dead rinte d in hiero l hic , p g yp - t e . 1 5l 7 and a descri tion of th e a ri in th e British yp (pp ) , p p py Museum from which the have been e dited and a list of y , i T is i is th m os c m a ters etc . e tion e t o ete Ch p , (pp h d pl h i er e n u is which as h th to b e p bl he d . L n ains a fu r — co t oca u a . 1 386 l VO UM E II . ll v b l y (pp ) to a l th e hieroglyphic texts of th e Chapters of th e Theb an Recension of th e Book of th e Dead and to th e supplem entar Chapters from ’ y th e Saite Recension ic are i en t erewit in Vo um e wh h g v h h l I . m n ains a u f The volu e c o t b o t re erence s . n in VOLUM E III . co ta s r face and ist of a ters i -xxx 1 P e l Ch p ( . v T I ii - i 1 INTR DUC N . xxx . cc v . O O (pp v . ) - Histor of h a . I . The t e Bo o o f the D e a T is Ch p y k d . h er is accom ani e i Chapt p d by e ghteen plate s which illus trate th e p alaeography of th e various Recensions of th e Book of the Dead from th e Vth Dynasty t o th e Rom an r Pe io d . VOL . IV. — a IIE O siris and th e Resurrection . Ch p . — a III Th e J udgm ent of th e De d . — r He n i ex IV Th e E sian Fie s o a e . W t tracts . ly ld v h h x from t e Pyramid Te ts . — i f h B V Th e Ma c o t e oo of th e Dea . g k d — h e e c and Conten s of h e B o f h T O t t t o o t e e . VI . bj k D ad II — The Boo of th e D ea of Nesi—Khonsu V k d , about 1000 (English translation) . VIII —Th e B oo of Breat in s En is trans ation k h g ( gl h l ) . — he a rus f Takh er —uru- IX . T P py o t p abt (English rans a i n t l t o ) . 2 ENGLISH TRANSLATI N T H E BO O K THE DEA . O OF OF D 1 Th e o um e a so contains t ree scenes from th e (pp . v l l h fam ous Pa rus of Ani re resentin th e J ud m ent S cene th e py p g g , i n an h e E si an Fie s w ic Funeral Pro cess o d t l ld , h h have be en , y i s h r W. Gr e re ro duce d in full co l ours b M . t e minent p y gg , - r photo lithograph e . ’ 35 00 143 on E QQ Dt - anb cbElbaea A HIST O RY OF EGYPT O F T HE NEO LIT HIC PERIO D T O T HE DEAT H O F C LEO AT RA VII B C 0 P . 3 V L . IV O . AND HE R AS IAT IC E MPIRE 35 0 0 125 0 11 Eggpt anbfitba—Ibaea M AND HER A S IA T I C E M PI R E WALLI B D E A . S U G M . A E . L ITT . D . D LIT , , . ‘ , K EE PE R O F T H E E GYPT IAN A ND A SSYRIA N A NT IQ UI 'FIES IN T HE BRIT ISH M US E UM 3 D 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ) 0 3 3 0 3 3 3 3 ) 3 3 ) 3 3 3 o 0 0 o 0 3 D a ," 3 s ) 3 3 ‘3 o 3 3 3 3 3 ) D 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ) ILLUS ZFRAuT ED o 3 o o 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 ) 0 9‘ O 0 o -3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 NEW "O RK HE NRY F RO WDE O X F O R D U N I V E R S IT Y P R E S S A MERICAN BRANCH P R E F A C E THE period of Egyptian History treated in the present volume has been continued from the end of the reign ‘ Thothmes II XVIIIth of . to the end of the rule of the i m 1550 14 00 s . e Dyna ty , . , fro about to This period, o one though c mparatively short , is of extreme interest, for in it the Egyptians succeeded in establishing their empire in Palestine and Syria , and extended their rule as Ni as far eastwards the city of , which cannot have In been very far from the river Euphrates . this Thothmes period , moreover, are included the reigns of III A - ete III a . and men h p . , whose energy and bility raised Egypt to an exalted position among the civilized n natio s of the world , and made her feared by Nubians , Libyans , and the Semitic tribes of the Eastern Desert, i A Thothmes III and of Sina , and of Western sia . consolidated the Egyptian power in Nubia and Syria , ” - h and Amen etep III . administered the vast empire which his great ancestor had won by his sword . On e A -hete III the d ath of men p . Egypt may be said to have extended from the Atbara river in the Eastern fidan A S to the city of leppo in Northern Syria . Hand in hand with the growth of power went increase in the d wealth of Egypt, and the buil ings which the greatest XVIIIth kings of the Dynasty set up in their capital, e h W Th bes , testify to the lavis ness ith which they spent A - Ra the money that had been given to them by men , the king of the gods . The shrines of local gods which P RE FAC E had fallen into ruin were re stored with a generous hand, and on a scale never before equalled and never s s s n urpa sed . The endowment set apart for the mai tenance of the sanctuary and prie sthood of Amen - Ra w u and ere on a hitherto nknown scale , the power which the p rie sts enJ oyed in consequence was little ri P infe or to that of the reigning family . ainters , s sculptor , architects , and engineers found abundant employment l n the capital in connection with the s s s s and temple of the god , and the granite obeli k , ss - s r s colo al statues , and fine bas relief prove thei kill In s d XVIIIth and ability . hort , the perio of the D s n A e yna ty included the Golde g of Egypt , and “ though the kings of the succeeding dynastie s were u XVIIIth s more boastf l than those of the Dyna ty , m s their works and erit were far inferior to theirs . s s n h the s The mo t intere ti g , t ough certainly not mo t m t s XVIIIth was i por ant of the king of the Dynasty, -h t IV A -hete III A e e . men p , the son of men p . by the M t ni ss s i an an prince Thi . Thi remarkable woman as as appears to have been intelligent she was beautiful , and the influence which she exerted on the mi nd of her ‘ son duri ng his boyhood produced some very un d s s d expecte re ult . He seems to have imbibe a strong hatred of the religion and worship which were in culcated by the powerful priesthood of Amen- Ra at ’ s Thebes , but whether this was the result of his mother c i s t tea hing or of his own wish unknown .
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