TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Chapter I. Obelisks—where found, and when, and by whom erected. | [1]—[11] |
| §1. The present site of obelisks. [1]-[5]. §2. By whom obelisks were erected. [5]-[7]. §3. By whom obelisks were transported. [7]-[8]. §4. List of obelisks. [8]-[11]. I. Erect Obelisks. [9]-[10]. II. Prostrate Obelisks. [10]-[11]. | |
| Chapter II. The quarrying, transporting, and raising of obelisks. | [12]—[17] |
| §1. How obelisks were quarried. [12]-[15]. §2. How obelisks were transported. [15]-[17]. §3. How obelisks were raised. [17]. | |
| Chapter III. The form, name, dimensions, invention, material, and use of obelisks. | [18]—[25] |
| §1. The form of the obelisk and the pyramidion. [18]-[21]. §2. The derivation of the name "obelisk". [21]-[22]. §3. The dimensions of obelisks. [22]-[23]. §4. The material of obelisks. [23]-[24]. §5. The invention of obelisks and the use they were put to. [24]-[25]. | |
| Chapter IV. The signification of the obelisk and the worship of the sun. | [26]—[34] |
| Chapter V. The history of the New York Obelisk, and its removal from Alexandria. | [35]—[45] |
| §1. History of the New York Obelisk. [35]-[40]. §2. The removal of the obelisk to New York City. [40]-[45]. | |
| Chapter VI. The inscriptions of the New York Obelisk. | [46]—[78] |
I. Inscriptions of Thothmes III. [46]-[61]. The Pyramidion. [46]-[55]. The Obelisk Proper. [56]-[61]. II. Inscriptions of Ramses II. [62]-[71]. Vertical columns. [62]-[70]. The base. [71]. III. Inscriptions of Osarkon I. [71]-[72]. | |
| Chapter VII. Notes on the translation and the crabs. | [79]—[83] |
| §1. Arabic and other translations of the New York Obelisk. [79]-[81]. §2. The crabs of the obelisk and the inscriptions on them. [81]-[83]. | |
| Chapter VIII. Egypt: its geographical divisions and its cities. | [84]—[92] |
| Upper Egypt. [84]-[90]. Lower Egypt. [90]-[92]. | |
| A Glossary of names and terms occurring in this book and pertaining to Egyptological subjects. | [93]—[154] |
| List of the Egyptian dynasties. [108]-[111]. The Coptic alphabet. [113]. The Demotic alphabet. [116]. The Hieratic alphabet. [124]. | |
| A Glossary of hieroglyphs occurring in this book, together with their pronunciation and determinative value. | [155]—[173] |
| A Glossary of the Egyptian words occurring on the New York Obelisk. | [174]—[190] |
| Index of Proper Names. | [191]—[202] |
EXPLANATION OF THE VIGNETTES AT THE HEAD OF THE CHAPTERS.
Chapter I. (Page [1].) The goddess of victory in the form of a vulture holding a flabellum or fan of feathers and a signet-ring in each claw.
Chapter II. (Page [12].) The goddess Nekheb, the tutelary deity of kings, represented as a vulture carrying the Atef-crown on its head and holding a flabellum or fan of feathers and a signet-ring in each claw.
Chapter III. (Page [18].) The winged Uræus-snake or cobra, the tutelary goddess of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Chapter IV. (Page [26].) The symbol of the god Horus of Edfu, represented as the winged disk of the sun encircled by two Uræus-snakes or cobras.
Chapter V. (Page [35].) Ancient Alexandria reconstructed.