HISTORY OF EGYPT

CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA

By G. MASPERO,

Honorable Doctor of Civil Laws, and Fellow of Queen's College,
Oxford; Member of the Institute and Professor at the College of France

Edited by A. H. SAYCE,
Professor of Assyriology, Oxford

Translated by M. L. McCLURE,
Member of the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund

CONTAINING OVER TWELVE HUNDRED COLORED PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Volume V.

LONDON
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THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY—(continued)

THÛTMOSIS III.: THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYRIAN PROVINCES—AMENÔTHES III.: THE WORSHIPPERS OF ATONÛ.

Thutmosis III.: the talcing of Qodshâ in the 42nd year of his reign—The tribute of the south—The triumph-song of Amon.

The constitution of the Egyptian empire—The Grown vassals and their relations with the Pharaoh—The king's messengers—The allied states—Royal presents and marriages; the status of foreigners in the royal harem—Commerce with Asia, its resources and its risks; protection granted to the national industries, and treaties of extradition.

Amenôthes II, his campaigns in Syria and Nubia—Thûtmosis IV.; his dream under the shadow of the Sphinx and his marriage—Amenôthes III. and his peaceful reign—The great building works—The temples of Nubia: Soleb and his sanctuary built by Amenôthes III, Gebel Barkal, Elephantine—The beautifying of Thebes: the temple of Mat, the temples of Amon at Luxor and at Karnak, the tomb of Amenôthes III, the chapel and the colossi of Memnon.

The increasing importance of Anion and his priests: preference shown by Amenôthes III. for the Heliopolitan gods, his marriage with Tii—The influence of Tii over Amenôthes IV.: the decadence of Amon and of Thebes, Atonû and Khûîtniatonû—Change of physiognomy in Khûniaton, his character, his government, his relations with Asia: the tombs of Tel el-Amarna and the art of the period—Tutanlchamon, At: the return of the Pharaohs to Thebes and the close of the XVIIIth dynasty.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY—(continued)

CHAPTER II—THE REACTION AGAINST EGYPT

CHAPTER III—THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE

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List of Illustrations

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Cover

Frontispiece

Titlepage

006.jpg a Procession of Negroes

015.jpg a Syrian Town and Its Outskirts After an Egyptian Army Had Passed Through It

030.jpg the LotanÛ and The Goldsmiths'work Constituting Their Tribute

032b.jpg Painted Tablets in the Hall of Harps

034.jpg. The Bear and Elephant Brought As Tribute in The Tomb of Rakhmiri

040.jpg the Mummy of Thutmosis Iii.

041.jpg Head of the Mummy Of ThÛtmosis Iii.

044.jpg AmenÔthes Ii., from the Statue at Turin

046.jpg the Great Sphinx and The Chapel of Thutmosis Iv.

047.jpg the Simoom. Sphinx and Pyramids at Gizeh

050.jpg the Stele of The Sphinx Of Gizer

052.jpg Queen MutemÛau.

052b.jpg Amenothes Iii. Colossal Head in the British Museum