A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death Of
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V . g o t ook o t D d — VI The e c n n f h B o of he ea . Obj t a d Co tents o t e o k t D d — - VII . The Book of the D ea o f Nesi Khonsu abou d , t 1 l 0 En i sh r n l i n . R C . 00 ( g t a s at o ) VII l The B o f r hi n i h ransla i n . I . ok o B eat ngs (E g s t t o ) — The Pa - - n li h IX . pyrus of Takhert puru ab t (E g s ransl a io n t t ) . 2 E G A F E EAD . N LISH TRANSL TION OF TH E B OOK O TH D 1 Th v l l r n r m he (pp . e o ume a so c ontains th e e s ce es f o t amo us Pa rus of Ani re res en in the Ju m en S cen e the f py p t g dg t , Funeral Pro c es sion and the El sian Fiel s which have b een , y d , r r u in ll c ol our b r ri s he min n e o c e u W . e e s M . G t p d d f y gg , t ho o - li h ra r p t t og phe . 380 0 145 on E gypt anb abalbaea A HIS T O RY O F EGYPT FROM T HE END 0 ! T HE NEOL I THI C PERI OD T o T HE DE TH F C E P T R B C 0 A O A A . O L . 3 I VO L . E G YPT IN T HE NEOL IT HI C AND ARC HAI C PE RIODS Books on Izggpt anoctbaIDaea E ‘G Y PT NEOLITHIC AND ARCHAIC PERIODS W ALL B A . S UD E E I G M . A I I . L . T D . D L , , T , . T . KEE PE R OF T HE E G YPT IAN A ND A SSYRIA N A NT IQUIT IE S IN T HE BRIT IS H M USE UM | LEb§TRAT ED NEW YORK HE NRY FROW DE Q O X F O R D U N I V ER S I T Y P R E SS A M ERICAN BRANC H 1 90 2 t ) , I DEDICATE THIS W ORK BY PERMISSION UM LORD KITCHENER OF KHART , ETC . - IN- HI OF THE BRITISII IN S UTH I COMMANDER C EF FORCES O AFR CA , A s A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR MUCH FRIENDLY AND EFFECTIVE HELP DU I ISSI N To TH S U A R NG MY M O S E D N, AND A s A MARK OF ADMIRATION FOR ST NU US J UST A ND SS S I RE O , , FEARLE OLD ER. P R E F A C E THE present volume is the first of a group of volumes i dealing with the history of Egypt , wh ch will be published at frequent intervals in the series of Books ” on Egypt and Chaldaea . The narrative begins with an account of Egypt and her people in the latter part the e d of Neolithic P riod , and ends with the escription m u ae Octavi anus of her conquest by the Ro ans nder C sar , 80 . The history of Egypt as an independent e country properly ends with the death of Cl opatra, for this great queen was the last of the independent m a c on r hs who succeeded to the throne of the Pharaohs . Each volume describes a certain period of Egyptian history, and is divided into chapters, each of which e a rou tr ats of a dynasty, or g p of dynasties , or contains a summary of the principal characteristics which dis tin uish e g the period with which the volume is conc rned . The reign of each king is described in a number of n m paragraphs , wherein will be found not o ly an enu era s tion of the bare fact of history, but also extracts from and u papyri stelae and other Egyptian doc ments , which VOL I . a X P RE FAC E serve to illustrate the condition of the country, both civil and military , during the period of his rule . ‘ Besides such extracts there have been added a number m H Diod orus of passages fro the works of erodotus, , m and other classical writers, which supple ent the bald m n n state ents of the hieroglyphic i scriptio s , and supply interesting and Often important information about Egypt not and the Egyptians , only whilst they were ruled by W n their native Pharaohs , but also hilst the cou try m A was under the do ination of the ssyrians , Persians , Macedonians , and other conquerors . n m the The a es and titles of each king , whether as Ra representative of Horus and Set , or as the son of , the s or as Horus of Gold, or as the lord of the shrine and Uatchet of the goddesses Nekhebet , are given in the hieroglyphic characters at the head of the section c m whi h treats of his reign , and the na es of the kings given throughout the volumes of this work form the u e fullest King List which has hitherto been p blish d . The main facts given in this History of Egypt are m m and derived from ancient Egyptian onu ents papyri, and the reader who wishes to study at first hand the original documents will find scattered throughout the volumes numerous references to published works in n m he l E glish, French, and Ger an, wherein wi l find the Egyptian texts , often with translations and elaborate introductions . The volumes are illus trated by a series of repro ductions made from (I) a large number of predynastic PRE FAC E xi and dynastic antiquities preserved in the British Museum ; (2) from photographs of Egyptian temples m d and pyra i s, and other monuments, and of Nile scenery ; and (8) from outline drawings and tracings m m u ade chiefly fro p blished works .