CHAPTER XXII.

ABYDUS AND CAIRO.

Last Weeks on the Nile--Spring in Egypt--Ninety-nine in the Shade--Samata--Unbroken Donkeys--The Plain of Abydus--Harvest-time--A Biblical Idyll--Arabat the Buried--Mena--Origin of the Egyptian People--Temple of Seti--New Tablet of Abydus--Abydus and Teni--Kom-es-Sultan--Visit to a Native Aga--The Hareem--Condition of Women in Egypt--Back at Cairo--“In the Name of the Prophet, Cakes!”--The Môlid-en-Nebee--A Human Causeway--The Boulak Museum--Prince Ra-hotep and Princess Nefer-t--Early Drive to Ghîzeh--Ascent of the Great Pyramid--The Sphinx--The View from the Top--The End 421

APPENDIX.

I. A. McCallum, Esq., to the Editor of _The Times_ 447

II. The Egyptian Pantheon 447

III. The Religious Belief of the Egyptians 450

IV. Egyptian Chronology 452

V. Contemporary Chronology of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylon 454

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The Secret of the Sphinx. After a Painting by Elihu Vedder, Esq. x

Head of Ti 57

The Shâdûf 69

Cleopatra 111

Shrines of Osiris, 1, 2 and 3 205-206

Resurrection of Osiris 207

Cartouches of Rameses the Great 237

Rameses the Great (Bayt-el-Welly) 260

Rameses the Great (Abydus) 260

Rameses the Great (Abou Simbel) 260

Profile of Rameses II (from the Southernmost Colossus; Abou Simbel) 261

Ground-plan 307

Pattern of Cornice 308

Standard of Horus Aroëris 309

Rameses II of Speos 311

Temple of Amada (Wall Inscription) 313

Heraldic Inscription (North Wall of Speos) 317

Goddess Ta-ur-t (Silsilis) 359

Goddess Ta-ur-t (Philæ) 359

Vases and Goblets (Medinet Habu) 385

Prince Ra-Hotep and Princess Nefer-t 439

A THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILE.