By S. RAPPOPORT, Doctor of Philosophy, Basel

Member of the Ecole Langues Orientales, Paris; Russian, German,
French Orientalist and Philologist

VOL. X.

Containing over Twelve Hundred Colored Plates and Illustrations

THE GROLIER SOCIETY
PUBLISHERS, LONDON

CONTENTS


[ PREFACE ]

[ PUBLISHER’S NOTE ]

[ EGYPT UNDER THE PTOLEMIES ]

[ INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ]

[ CHAPTER I—EGYPT CONQUERED BY THE GREEKS ]

[ CHAPTER II—EGYPT UNDER PTOLEMY SOTER ]

[ CHAPTER III.—PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS. B.C. 284-246 ]

[ CHAPTER IV—PTOLEMY EUERGETES, PTOLEMY PHILOPATOR, AND PTOLEMY ]

[ CHAPTER V—PTOLEMY PHILOMETOR AND PTOLEMY EUERGETES II. ]

[ CHAPTER VI—THE GROWTH OF ROMAN INFLUENCE IN EGYPT ]

[ CHAPTER VII—CLEOPATRA AND HER BROTHERS ]



List of Illustrations


[ Spines ]

[ Cover ]

[ Frontispiece ]

[ Titlepage ]

[ 001.jpg Page Image ]

[ 002.jpg Page Image ]

[ 015.jpg Page Image—alexandria ]

[ 019.jpg Transporting Grain on the Nile ]

[ 021.jpg Phtah the God of Memphis ]

[ 027.jpg Lighthouse at Alexandria ]

[ 031.jpg Page Image ]

[ 036.jpg the DÔm Palm. ]

[ 040.jpg a Silhouette on the Nile ]

[ 044.jpg Crocodiles Basking in the Sun ]

[ 049.jpg a Theban Belle ]

[ 049b.jpg Prayer to Isis ]

[ 052.jpg Tombs of the Sacred Bulls ]

[ 055.jpg the God Serapis ]

[ 056.jpb Manuscript on Papyrus; Hieroglyphics, Thebes ]

[ 057.jpg Alexander Adoring Horus ]

[ 062.jpg on the Coast of The Red Sea ]

[ 081.jpg Alexandrian Lady, Attired in Bombyx Silk ]

[ 082.jpg Egyptian Coinage ]

[ 083.jpg Coin of Soter, With Jupiter ]

[ 092.jpg the Chariot of Antiphilus ]

[ 095.jpg Berenice Soter ]

[ 098.jpg Nit, Goddess of Sais. ]

[ 099.jpg a Cat Mummy ]

[ 100.jpg Tailpiece ]

[ 101.jpg Page Image ]

[ 102.jpg Pharos in Old Alexandria ]

[ 106.jpg Bronze Cosmetic Holder ]

[ 112.jpg Rosetta Branch of the Nile ]

[ 116.jpg Temple of Philae ]

[ 118.jpg Anubis, God of the Lower World ]

[ 120.jpg at the Head of The Red Sea ]

[ 123.jpg the Cararact on The Aswan ]

[ 128.jpg an Athlete Disporting on a Crocodile ]

[ 131.jpg Modern Sphinx-like Face ]

[ 137.jpg Method of Egyptian Draftsmanship ]

[ 141.jpg Coin With the Heads of Soter and Philadelphus And Arsinoë ]

[ 142.jpg Coin With the Heads of Soter, Philadelphus And Berenice ]

[ 143.jpg Coin of ArsinoË, Sister Of Ptolemy II. ]

[ 149.jpg a Typical Nile Pilot ]

[ 153.jpg Page Image ]

[ 157.jpg an Abyssinian Slave ]

[ 160b.jpg Signs, Arms and Instruments from the Fifth Tomb ]

[ 161.jpg Gate at Karnak ]

[ 163.jpg Ruins of Sais ]

[ 169.jpg Gateway of Ptolemy Euergetes at Karnak ]

[ 175.jpg Coin of Ptolemy III. ]

[ 176.jpg Coin of Berenice, Wife Of Ptolemy III. ]

[ 187.jpg Temple of Hathor. ]

[ 188jpg Coin of Ptolemy Philopater ]

[ 189.jpg Coin of Arsinoe Philopate ]

[ 196.jpg Roman Coin, Issued Under Ptolemy V. ]

[ 201.jpg the Rosetta Stone (british Museum) ]

[ 207.jpg Outside Rosetta ]

[ 210.jpg a Desert Road Between Egypt and Syria. ]

[ 212.jpg Tailpiece ]

[ 215.jpg Page Image ]

[ 219.jpg Temple of Hermonthis. ]

[ 223.jpg Garden Near Heliopolis ]

[ 227.jpg Temple of Apollonopolis ]

[ 234.jpg the Apotheosis of Homer ]

[ 235.jpg Hero’s Rotating Steam Engine ]

[ 237.jpg Coin of Ptolemy V. ]

[ 241.jpg Temple of Hathor at Philae ]

[ 242b.jpg Color Plate ]

[ 249.jpg Obelisk at Heliopolis ]

[ 254.jpg Nilometer at Rhodha ]

[ 256b.jpg Suk El Saleh, Cairo ]

[ 260.jpg Temple of Kom Ombo. ]

[ 268.jpg Temple Portico at Contra-latopoli ]

[ 274.jpg Coin of Cleopatra and Alexander ]

[ 275.jpg Coin of Cleopatra and Alexander, With Eagles ]

[ 276.jpg the Memnonium at Thebes ]

[ 280.jpg Coin of Ptolemy Lathyrus and Selene. ]

[ 287.jpg Horus on the Crocodiles. Bulak Museum. ]

[ 289.jpg Religious Procession on the Nile ]

[ 291.jpg Egyptian Funeral Ceremonies ]

[ 293.jpg Mummy, Mummy-cases, and Casket ]

[ 295.jpg Development of Egyptian Caricature ]

[ 297.jpg the Mines of Maghara ]

[ 309.jpg Vocal Statue of Memnon ]

[ 312.jpg the Sphinx ]

[ 314.jpg ]

[ 314b.jpg Bearers of Evil Tidings ]

[ 315.jpg Page Image ]

[ 317.jpg Pillar of Pompey at Alexandria ]

[ 333.jpg Ruins of Hermonthis ]

[ 338.jpg Egyptian Picture of Cleopatra ]

[ 346.jpg Coin of Cleopatra and Anthony ]

[ 347.jpg Later Coin of Cleopatra and Antony. ]

[ 351.jpg Greek Picture of Cleopatra ]

[ 357.jpg Grand Column at Karnak ]

[ 362.jpg Cleopatra’s Needle. ]

[ 364.jpg Graeco-egyptian Column ]