ABSTRACT
First published in 2008. This encyclopaedic work on ancient Egypt was specially commissioned by Thomas Cook for their Egyptian tours. Today, it is unrivalled as a reliable general source for those interested in any aspect of Egypt, including early excavations, the Nile, Egyptian writing, ancient buildings, cities and kings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT
EGYPTIAN HISTORY. Lists of Kings found in the Turin Papyrus, lhe Tablet of Abydos, the Tablet of and the Tablet of Karnak. The Turin papyrus contained a
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
ANCIENT EMPIRE. Mena, C-&&J Some papyri say that the t in whose reign an earthquake
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PERSIANS. Artaxerxes III. (Ochus).
Ptolemy I. Soter, son of Lagus, became king He founded the
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~o the' Mother,' was one of the divinities of
Kheperil. He is represented with a beetle
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Amen-Ra ~:: 7Jj,
Mut, and Khonsu formed the means' hidden.' His were" lord of the thrones
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Shu, @Jj, and Tefnut,
Athor, or Hathor, ~, I;I.et-I;Ieru, 'the house of Ra; she is represented as wearing
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THE MODERN EGYPTIANS.
In a country where an increase in population always It is exceedingly difficult to obtain an exact idea of what
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THE ARABS, MUI:IAMMAD, AND
MUfIAMMADANISM. of the country is desert and mountain, and only in the
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= 29 days
= 48' I 5 grains (Troy) = 3'12 grammes, = 24 = 72'22 grains = 4'68 grammes.
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HELIOPOLIS.*
t, built upon part of the site of the" Virgin's Tree," under which tradition says that
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I07. Fragments of the mummy of King Uncis.
Dynasties IV.-XI., from Upper Egypt. In these rooms are arranged a number of stclre chiefly
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Room XXXI.-Monuments of the Saite Period.
241. Granite sarcophagus inscribed with the cartouches of 242. Limestone table of offerings inscribed with the car· 243. Red granite slab inscribed with the cartouches of
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Room LVI.-Inscribed Ostraka, etc. Room LVII.-Inscribed Papyri.
587. Papyrus of I.lerub, a priestess of Mut, daughter of 589. Copy of a work written by a scribe called
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Room -Priests of Amen.
US3. Coffin of Ankh-f-en-Khonsu, chief of the metal- US4. Coffin of Nes-pa-nefer-bni, a "divine father" of Amen USS. Cartonnage of Amen-nut-nekhtu, a metal-worker of
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of 422
... 531 377, 397, 541 "III. 305, 565 Shablllka Cataract 306, 459, 565 Shadow, the 145
