Contents

[ PUBLISHERS’ NOTE ]

[ PREFACE ]

[ EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA ]

[ CHAPTER I—THE DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC EGYPT ]

[ CHAPTER II—ABYDOS AND THE FIRST THREE DYNASTIES ]

[ CHAPTER III—MEMPHIS AND THE PYRAMIDS ]

[ CHAPTER IV—RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN WESTERN ASIA AND THE DAWN OF CHALDÆAN HISTORY ]

[ CHAPTER V—ELAM AND BABYLON, THE COUNTRY OF THE SEA AND THE KASSITES ]

[ CHAPTER VI—EARLY BABYLONIAN LIFE AND CUSTOMS ]

[ CHAPTER VII—TEMPLES AND TOMBS OF THEBES ]

[ CHAPTER VIII—THE ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRES IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT RESEARCH]

[ CHAPTER IX—THE LAST DAYS OF ANCIENT EGYPT ]