It is proposed to add a second part to these letters, in which several treatises, written during the expedition, or on different points relating to Egyptian art or history, will be published.
Berlin, 2nd June, 1852.
CONTENTS.
| [Letter I.]—On board the Oriental Steamer, Sept. 5, 1842 | [Page 1] | |
| Sea voyage to Alexandria. | ||
| [Letter II.]—Alexandria, Sept. 23, 1842 | [6] | |
| Malta.—Gobat.—Isenberg.—Krapf.—Alexandria.—Mohammed Ali. | ||
| [Letter III.]—Cairo, Oct. 16, 1842 | [11] | |
| Alexandria.—Pompey’s Pillar.—Cleopatra’s Needle.—Collection of Werne.—Departure from Alexandria.—Sais.—Nabarîeh.—Cairo.—Heliopolis.—The king’s birth-day kept at the pyramids.—View from the pyramid of Cheops. | ||
| [Letter IV.]—At the foot of the Great Pyramid, Jan. 2, 1843 | [24] | |
| Pyramids of Gizeh.—Private tombs.—Sphinx.—Storm of rain.—Christmas.—Life in the Camp. | ||
| [Letter V.]—Pyramids of Gizeh, Jan. 17, 1843 | [32] | |
| The hieroglyphical tablet on the pyramid of Cheops.—Historical gain. | ||
| [Letter VI.]—Pyramids of Gizeh, Jan. 28, 1843 | [37] | |
| The oldest royal dynasties.—Tomb of Prince Merhet.—Private tombs.—Destruction by the Arabs.—Oldest obelisk. | ||
| [Letter VII.]—Saqara, March 18, 1843 | [44] | |
| Pyramids of Meidûm.—Architecture of the pyramids.—The Riddle of the Sphinx.—Locust.—Comet. | ||
| [Letter VIII.]—Saqara, April 13, 1843 | [51] | |
| H. R. H. Prince Albrecht of Prussia.—Rejoicings in Cairo.—Return of Pilgrims.—Mulid e’ Nebbi.—Doseh.—Visit of the prince to the pyramids.—Oldest use of the pointed arch in Cairo.—Oldest round arch in Egypt.—Night attack at Saqâra.—Judgment day. | ||
| [Letter IX.]—Cairo, April 22, 1843 | [64] | |
| Situation of the fields of pyramids.—Cairo. | ||
| [Letter X.]—Ruins of the Labyrinth, May 31, 1843 | [67] | |
| Departure for the Faiûm.—Camels and dromedaries.—Lisht.—Meidûm.—Illahun.—Labyrinth.—Arab music.—Bedouins.—Turkish khawass. | ||
| [Letter XI.]—Labyrinth, June 25, 1843 | [78] | |
| Ruins of the Labyrinth.—Its first builders.—Pyramid.—Lake Mœris. | ||
| [Letter XII.]—Labyrinth, July 18, 1843 | [85] | |
| Excursion through the Faiûm.—Mœris embankments.—Birqet el Qorn.—Dimeh.—Qasr Qerûn. | ||
| [Letter XIII.]—Cairo, August 14, 1843 | [91] | |
| Departure of Frey.—Ethiopian manuscripts. | ||
| [Letter XIV.]—Thebes, Oct. 13, 1843 | [93] | |
| Nile passage to Upper Egypt.—Rock-cave of Surarîeh. Tombs of the sixth dynasty in Middle Egypt, of the twelfth at Benihassan, Sint, Bersheh.—Arrival at Thebes.—Climate.—Departure. | ||
| [Letter XV.]—Korusko, November 20, 1843 | [100] | |
| Greek inscriptions.—Benihassan.—Bersheh.—Tombs of the sixth dynasty.—El Amarna.—Siut—Alabaster quarries of El Bosra.—Echmin (Chemmis).—Thebes.—El Kab (Eileithyia).—Edfu.—Ombos.—Egyptian Canon of Proportion.—Assuan.—Philae.—Hieroglyphic demotic inscriptions.—Series of Ptolemies.—Entrance in Lower Nubia.—Debôd.—Gertassi.—Kalabsheh (Talmis).—Dendûr.—Dakkeh (Pselchis).—Korte.—Hierasykaminos.—Mehendi.—Sebûa.—Korusko.—Nubian language. | ||
| [Letter XVI.]—Korusko, January 5, 1844 | [133] | |
| Scarcity of camels.—Wadi Halfa.—Ahmed Pasha Menekle and the new Pashas of the Sudan. | ||
| [Letter XVII.]—E’Damer, January 24, 1844 | [137] | |
| Nubian desert.—Roft mountains.—Wadi E’Sufr.—Wadi Murhad.—Abâbde Arabs.—Abu Hammed.—Berber.—El Mechêref.—Mogran or Atbara (Astaboras).—E’Damer.—Mandera. | ||
| [Letter XVIII.]—On the Blue River, Province of Sennar, 13° North Latitude, March 2, 1844 | [155] | |
| Hagi Ibrahim.—Meroe.—Begerauie.—Pyramids.—Bounds of the tropical climate.—Khawass.—Ferlini.—Age of the monuments.—Shendi.—Ben Naga.—Naga in the desert.— Mesaurât e’ Sofra.—Tamaniât.—Chârtum.—Bahrel Abiad (the White River).—Dinka and Shilluk.—Soba.—Kamlîn.—Bauer.—Marble inscription.—Baobâb.—Abu Harras.—Rahad.—Nature of the country.—Dender.—Dilêb-palms.—Sennâr.—Abdîn.—Româli.—Sero.—Return northward.—Wed Médineh.—Soriba.—Sultana Nasr.—Gabre Mariam.—Rebâbi.—Funeral.—Military.—Emin Pasha.—Taiba.—Messelemieh.—Kamlîn.—Soba.—Urn and inscription. | ||
| [Letter XIX.]—Chartum, March 21, 1844 | [207] | |
| Military revolt in Wed Médineh.—Insurrection of slaves. | ||
| [Letter XX.]—Pyramids of Meroe, April 22, 1844 | [211] | |
| Tamaniât.—Qirre mountains.—Meroe.—Return of the Turkish army from Taka.—Osman Bey.—Prisoners from Taka.—Language of the Bishari from Taka.—Customs of the South.—Pyramids of Meroe.—Ethiopian inscriptions.—Name of Meroe. | ||
| [Letter XXI.]—Keli, April 29, 1844 | [233] | |
| Departure from Meroe.—Groups of tombs north of Meroe. | ||
| [Letter XXII.]—Barkal, May 9, 1844 | [237] | |
| Desert of Gilif.—Gôs Burri.—Wadi Gaqedûl.—Mágeqa.—Desert trees.—Wadi Abu Dôm.—Wadi Gazâl.—Koptic church.—Greek inscriptions.—Pyramids of Nuri.—Arrival at Barkal. | ||
| [Letter XXIII.]—Mount Barkal, May 28, 1844 | [248] | |
| Ethiopian kings.—Temple of Ramses II.—Napata.—Meraui.—Climate. | ||
| [Letter XXIV.]—Dongola, June 15, 1844 | [251] | |
| Excursion into the district of cataracts.—Bân.—Departure from Barkal.—Pyramids of Tanqassi, Kurru, and Zûma.—Churches and fortresses of Bachît, Magal, Gebel Dêqa.—Old Dongola.—Nubian language. | ||
| [Letter XXV.]—Dongola, June 23, 1844 | [262] | |
| Isle of Argo.—Kermâ and Defûfa.—Tombos.—Inscriptions of Tuthmosis I.—Languages of Darfur. | ||
| [Letter XXVI.]—Korusko, August 16, 1844 | [264] | |
| Fakir Fenti.—Sese.—Soleb.—Gebel Doshe. Sedeinga.—Amâra.—Isle of Sâi.—Sulphur-springs of Okmeh.—Semneh.—Elevation of the Nile, under Amenemha (Mœris).—Abu Simbel.—Greek inscription under Psammeticus I.—Ibrîm (Primis).—Anibis.—Korusko. | ||
| [Letter XXVII.]—Philae, September 1, 1844 | [271] | |
| Wadi Kenus.—Bega language of Bishari.—Talmis.—Philae.—Meroitic-Ethiopian inscriptions. | ||
| [Letter XXVIII.]—Thebes, Qurna, Nov. 24, 1844 | [274] | |
| Excavations in the Temple and Rock-tomb of Ramses II.—Sudan languages.—Ethiopian history and civilisation. | ||
| [Letter XXIX.]—Thebes, Qurna, Jan. 8, 1845 | [277] | |
| Removal of monuments and plaster casts. | ||
| [Letter XXX.]—Thebes, February 25, 1845 | [279] | |
| Description of Thebes.—Temple of Karnak and its history.—Luqsor.—El Asasif.—Statue of Memnon.—Memnonium.—Temple of Ramses II.—Medînet Habu.—The Royal Tombs.—Private tombs of the time of Psammetichus.—Time of the Cæsars.—Koptic convent and church.—The present Kopts.—Revenge of the Arabs.—Dwelling in Abd el Qurna.—Visit from travellers. | ||
| [Letter XXXI.]—On the Red Sea, March 21, 1845 | [313] | |
| Immigrations from Qurna to Karnak.—Journey to the Sinai peninsula.—Qenneh.—Seîd Hussên.—Stone bridge and inscriptions of Hamamât.—Gebel Fatireh.—Lost in the desert.—Quarries of porphyry at Gebel Dochân.—Gebel Zeit. | ||
| [Letter XXXII.]—Convent of Sinai, March 24, 1845 | [333] | |
| Landing in Tôr.—Gebel Hammâm.—Wadi Hebrân.—Convent.—Gebel Mûsa.—Gebel Sefsaf. | ||
| [Letter XXXIII.]—On the Red Sea, April 6, 1845 | [338] | |
| Departure from the convent.—Wadi e’ Sheikh.—Ascension of Serbâl.—Wadi Firan.—Wadi Mokatteb.—Copper-mines of Wadi Maghâra.—Rock inscriptions of the fourth dynasty.—Sarbut el Châdem.—Slag-hills.—Wadi Nasb.—Harbour of Zelimeh.—True situation of Sinai.—Monkish traditions.—Local and historical relations.—Elim near Abu Zelimeh.—Mara in Wadi Gharandel.—Desert of Sin.—Sinai, the Mountain of Sin.—The mountain of God.—Sustenance of the Israelites.—Raphidîm near Pharan.—Sinai-Choreb, near Raphidîm.—Review of the Sinai question. | ||
| [Letter XXXIV.]—Thebes, Karnak, May 4, 1845 | [372] | |
| Return to Thebes.—Revenge. | ||
| [Letter XXXV.]—Cairo, July 10, 1845 | [374] | |
| Dendera.—El Amarna.—Dr. Bethmann.—Taking down the tombs near the pyramids. | ||
| [Letter XXXVI.]—Cairo, July 11, 1845 | [376] | |
| The Egyptian Museum in Berlin.—Wall paintings. | ||
| [Letter XXXVII.]—Jaffa, October 7, 1845 | [389] | |
| Journey through the Delta.—San (Tanis).—Arrival in Jaffa. | ||
| [Letter XXXVIII.]—Nazareth, November 9, 1845 | [391] | |
| Jerusalem.—Nablus (Sichem).—Tabor.—Nazareth.—Lake of Tiberias. | ||
| [Letter XXXIX.]—Smyrna, December 7, 1845 | [394] | |
| Carmel.—Lebanon.—Berut.—Journey to Damascus.—Zahleh.—Tomb of Noah.—Barada.—Abel’s tomb.—Inscriptions at Barada.—Tomb of Seth.—Bâlbek.—Ibrahim.—Cedars of Lebanon.—Egyptian and Assyrian Rock-sculptures at Nahr el Kelb. | ||
| [Appendix] | [420] | |
| [Index] | [449] | |
View of Mount Sinai from the Sea at Gebel Zeit.