University Press:
PRESSWORK BY
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

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].

IV. Inscriptions of Augustus. [72]-[74].

The full translation of the obelisk. [74]-[78].

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.

PREFATORY.