CONTENTS.

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Introduction[5]
[I.]The Religious Character of the Ancient Egyptians[9]
[II.]Obelisks, and the Obelisk Family[17]
[III.]The Largest Stones of the World[27]
[IV.]The London Obelisk[36]
[V.]How the Hieroglyphic Language was Recovered[47]
[VI.]The Interpretation of Hieroglyphics[53]
[VII.]Thothmes III.[61]
[VIII.]The Hieroglyphics of Thothmes III. Translation of the First Side[69]
[IX.]The Hieroglyphics of Thothmes III. Translation of the Second Side[83]
[X.]The Hieroglyphics of Thothmes III. Translation of the Third Side[88]
[XI.]The Hieroglyphics of Thothmes III. Translation of the Fourth Side[92]
[XII.]Rameses II.[95]
[XIII.]The Hieroglyphics of Rameses II.[101]
[XIV.]The Recent Discovery of the Mummies of Thothmes III. and Rameses II. at Deir-el-Bahari[111]