Category: History - Ancient
The =Land of Egypt= is situated in the north-east shoulder of the continent of Africa, and in the earliest times it consisted of that portion of the Nile Valley which lay between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern end of the First Cataract; the Island of Ābu, or Elephantin...
The =Land of Egypt= is situated in the north-east shoulder of the continent of Africa, and in the earliest times it consisted of that portion of the Nile Valley which lay betwee...
3. CHAPTER II.The =Egyptians=.—The evidence of the monuments and the literature of Egypt proves that the Egyptians were of African origin, and that they were akin to the light-skinned peoples...
4. CHAPTER III.=Egyptian Literature.=—The literature of Ancient Egypt, written in the hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic characters, is large, and the contents of the principal divisions of i...
5. CHAPTER IV.MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. MARRIAGE. POLYGAMY. HONOUR PAID TO THE MOTHER. THE CHILD AND ITS NAME. TOYS. EDUCATION. DRESS. FOOD. AMUSEMENTS. DWELLING HOUSES AND FURNITURE. AGRICULTURE...
6. CHAPTER V.=Architecture.=—The history of the earliest form of Egyptian architecture cannot be written because, with the exception of the ruined tombs of the Archaïc Period, all the remain...
7. CHAPTER VI.The =King= of Egypt was absolute master of the country, which had been given to him by the gods, and of every man, woman, and child, and of everything in it from one end to the...
8. CHAPTER VII.EGYPTIAN RELIGION. EARLY BELIEF IN SPIRITS, FETISHES, COMPANIES OF GODS. THE WORD FOR GOD AND “GOD.” LIST OF GODS. POLYTHEISM. ONENESS OF GOD. LEGENDS OF THE GODS. OSIRIS AND TH...
9. Chapter CLXXII). In another passage it is said of this same god: “He isthe divine matter which produced the Two Companies of Gods, every god came into being through him, God One alone, 𓌡𓏤𓂝𓌡𓏤𓂝𓏲𓏭𓀭. He made what is when the earth be...
10. CHAPTER VIII.=Mummy= is the name given to the body of a human being, or creature, which has been preserved from decay by means of spices, gums, natron, bitumen, etc.; strictly speaking it sh...
11. CHAPTER IX.=Numbers.=—The numbers =1 to 9= are expressed by short perpendicular strokes, _e.g._, 𓏺 = 1, 𓏻 = 2, 𓏼 = 3, 𓏻𓏻 = 4, 𓏾 = 5, 𓏿 = 6, 𓐀 = 7, 𓐁 = 8, and 𓐂 = 9. The number...
12. CHAPTER X.The only remains of this Period in the British Museum are =flint axes=, borers, scrapers, etc., typical examples of which are exhibited in Table-case M in the Third Egyptian Room.
13. CHAPTER XI.=Ȧmenemḥāt I=, the first king of the XIIth dynasty, appears to have ascended the throne after a period of anarchy, and, even after his accession, the members of his own househol...
14. CHAPTER XII.Under this dynasty Egypt formed her empire in Western Asia, and conquered and occupied the Egyptian Sûdân, probably so far south as the Baḥr al-Ghazâl. The Hyksos were expelled...
15. CHAPTER XIII.Under the capable rule of the earlier Ptolemies, Egypt became prosperous and powerful, and in the reign of Philadelphus she was the wealthiest country in the world. Though they...