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 VI.

LONDON
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
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THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE—(continued)

RAMSES III.: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—POPULATION—THE PREDOMINANCE OF AMON AND HIS HIGH PRIESTS.

The Theban necropolis: mummies—The funeral of a rich Theban: the procession of the offerings and the funerary furniture, the crossing of the Nile, the tomb, the farewell to the dead, the sacrifice, the coffins, the repast of the dead, the song of the Harper—The common ditch—The living inhabitants of the necropolis: draughtsmen, sculptors, painters—The bas-reliefs of the temples and the tombs, wooden statuettes, the smelting of metals, bronze—The religions of the necropolis: the immorality and want of discipline among the people: workmen s strikes.

Amon and the beliefs concerning him: his kingdom over the living and the dead, the soul's destiny according to the teaching of Amon—Khonsû and his temple; the temple of Amon at Karnak, its revenue, its priesthood—The growing influence of the high priests of Amon under the sons of Ramses III.: Hamsesnaklûti, Amenôthes; the violation of the royal burying-places—Hrihor and the last of the Ramses, Smendês and the accession to power of the XXIst dynasty: the division of Egypt into two States—The priest-kings of Amon masters of Thebes under the suzerainty of the Tanite Pharaohs—The close of the Theban empire.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE—(continued)

CHAPTER II—THE RISE OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

CHAPTER III—THE HEBREWS AND THE PHILISTINES—DAMASCUS

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List of Illustrations

Spines

Cover

Frontispiece

Titlepage

001.jpg Page Image

003.jpg Page Image

004.jpg the Theban Cemeteries

005.jpg the Necropolis of SheÎkh and El-qurneh

007.jpg Head of a Theban Mummy

008.jpg the Manufacture and Painting of The Cartonnage

009.jpg Wrapping of the Mummy, Under The Direction Of The "Man of the Roll"

012.jpg the Funeral of Harmhabi

013.jpg the Funeral of HabmhabÎ

014.jpg the Boat Carrying The Mummy

015.jpg the Boats Containing The Female Weepers and The People of the Household

016.jpg the Boats Containing The Friends and The Funerary Furniture

017.jpg a Corner of the Theban Necropolis

018.jpg Painting in the Fifth Tomb of The Kings to The Right

019.jpg the Farewell to The Mummy, and The Double Received by the Goddess

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