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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 I.



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Contents

EDITOR'S PREFACE

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE

CHAPTER I.—THE NILE AND EGYPT

CHAPTER II.—THE GODS OF EGYPT

CHAPTER III.—THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF EGYPT






Illustrations of Particular Interest

(170 images in Volume I.)

Mummy Wrappings from Tomb at Thebes

Well Providing Water for Irrigation

Sacrifice of the Bull

Occupations of Ani in the Elysian Fields

An Incident in the Wars of Hartheous and Sit






   Chapter I.       Chapter II.       Chapter III.