“The Land of Egypt is before thee.”—Gen. xlvii. 6.
LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, Paternoster Row, 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard,
And 164, Piccadilly.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 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] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Thoth | [12] |
| Obelisk of Usertesen I., still standing at Heliopolis | [20] |
| Obelisk of Thothmes III., at Constantinople | [23] |
| Colossal Statue of Rameses II., at Memphis | [29] |
| Cleopatra’s Needle, at Alexandria | [38] |
| Cleopatra’s Needle, on the Thames Embankment | [44] |
| The Rosetta Stone | [48] |
| Colossal Head of Thothmes III. | [67] |
| Colossal Head of Rameses II. | [98] |