CONTENTS.
 

Map of Egypt

Introduction     ...         ..,        ...        ...         ...         ...        v

Preface to the Seventh Edition          ...         ...         ...  vii-x

Egyptian History and its sources       ...         ...         ...         i

Historical Summary—

x\ncient Empire   ...         ...         ...         ...         ...       i o

Middle Empire    ......         ...         ...         ...       13

New Empire        ...         ...         ...         ...         ...       16

Persians    ...        ...         ...         ...         ...         ...       19

Macedonians        ...        ...          ..         ...         ...       19

Ptolemies ...        .:.        ...        ...         ...          ..       19

Romans    ...         ...         ...        ...         ...         ...       21

The Byzantines    ...         ...        ...        ...         ...       24

Muhammadans    ...         ...        ...         ...         ...       26

Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egypto¬
logists       ...        ...        ...        ...         ...         . .       50

Progress in Egypt under British Rule           ...                  51

The Country of Egypt          ...         ...         . .         . .       57

The Nomes of Egypt            ...         ...         ...         ...      61

The Ancient Egyptians          ...         ...         ...         ...       64

The Nile          ..................       73

The Oases       ...        ...        ...        ...              .     ...       94

Ancient Egyptian Buildings, Sculpture, Painting,  etc.      98

Egyptian Writing        ...        ...        ...         ...         ...     121

A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs  ...         ...         ...     133

Arabic Alphabet         ...        ...        ...         ...         ...     139

Coptic Alphabet          ...        ...        ...         ...         ...     140

Egyptian Months        ...         ,.....         ......     141