Immigrants, Semitic, 109, 130 Immortality of the soul, belief in, 39 Inarus, death of, 384 Inarus, revolt of, 383 Incense forests, 183 Industries, revival of, 350 Influences, corrupting, 353 Inundation, 13 Inundation, deficient, famines through, 115 Invasion, 396 Invasion by land and sea, 275 Invasion, Libyan, 235 Invasion, the great, 134 Israel's oppressor, 249
Jeroboam at Shishak's court, 301 Jerusalem, destruction of, 362 Joseph and Apepi, 145 Josiah, defeat of, by Nico, 357 Judæa insecure, 361 Judæa's conquest, record of, 305
Kadesh, battle of, 239 Karnak, hall at, 266 Karnak, temple at, 173, 198, 200, 304, 349, 386 Khabash, accession of, 381 Khartoum, 8 Khu-en-Aten, 227 Khu-en-Aten, personal appearance of, 229 Khufu, King, 82, 90 King, supposed first, 49 Kings in awe of priests, 288
Labouring class, condition of, 45 Labyrinth, Amenemhat's, 121 Legend of Osiris, 34 Libyan desert, battle in, 346 Libyan invasion, 255 Libyans, defeat of, 274 Libyans, slaughter of, Literature and art, decline of, 311 Lower Egypt, 96 Lower orders, condition of, 45 Luxor, temple of, 217
Medes, the, 369 Medinet-Abou, temple at, 272 Megiddo, capture of, 191 Memphis, 51 Memphis, blockade and fall of, 377, 383 Memphis taken by Esarhaddon, 333 Menephthah I., accession of, 253 Menes, King, 50, 52 Men-kau-ra, King, 68, 82, 90 Men-khepr-ra, King, accession, of, 294 Mentu-hotep I., 97 Mertitefs, wife of Sneferu, 64 Meydoum, pyramid of, 58 Mi-Ammon-Nut, accession of, 338 Mi-Ammon-Nut, death of, 340 Mi-Ammon-Nut, Submission to, 340 Mnevis, sacred bull, 32 Mœris, lake, 120 Monuments, objects on, 196 Moral standard, 42 Morality, Egyptian, 41 Morals, decline of, 286 Myth, chief Egyptian, 34 Myths, Egyptian, 47
Naïri, war on the, 167 Napatra, Necropolis at, 316 Natural History of Egypt, 16 Naval power of Thothmes, 111 Navy of Nero, 354 Nebuchadnezzar and Neco, 358 Nebuchadnezzar overruns Egypt, 365 Neco, accession of, 354 Neco defeats Josiah, 357 Neco, navy of, 354 Neco, victories of, 358 Nectanebo I., accession of, 387 Nectanebo I., sarcophagus of, 391 Nefer-mat, son of Sneferu, 64 Nekht-nebf, accession of, 394 Nile, navigation on, 13 Nile, rising of the, 113 Nile valley, 1, 95, 102, 117 Nineveh, 192
Obelisk of Usurtasen I., 137 Objects on monuments, 196 Ochus, expedition of, 394 Osiris, legend of, 34 Osorkon I., accession of, 306
Pacis, sacred bull, 32 Parihu, king of Punt, 182 Payment of tribute, 149 Pelusium, surrender of, 399 Persia, third rebellion against, 385 Persian conquest, 368 Persian power, rise of, 369 Persians, revolt against, 382 Pharnabazus, attack by, 388 Pharnabazus, repulse of, 390 Phœnicia, 11 Phthah, temple of, 51, 349 Piankhi, king of Napatra, 317 Piankhi, rebellion against, 318 Piankhi, submission of petty princes to, 320 Pinetum I., accession of, 293 Plagues of Egypt, the, 262 Polytheism, 31 Priest, High, of Ammon, 289 Priest-kings, last of the, 297 Priests, kings in awe of, 288 Prosopis, battle of, 260 Prosperity under Amasis, 367 Psamatik I. and Gyges, 345 Psamatik I., origin of, 343 Psamatik I., sole king, 347 Psamatik I., marriage of, 348 Psamatik I., victory of, 346 Psamatik II., architectural activity of, 361 Psamatik III., accession of, 374 Psamatik III., death of, 377 Psamatik III., defeat of, 375 Public schools, 45 Punt, free trade in, 183 Punt's, Queen of, visit to Hatasu, 182 Pyramid builders, Egypt under the, 91 Pyramid builders, the, 82 Pyramid, great, 72 Pyramid of Meydoum, 58 Pyramid of Saccarah, 59 Pyramids, Egyptian idea of, 66 Pyramids, three, at Ghizeh, 67
Ra-Sekenen III., Apepi's jealousy of, 150 Ra-Sekenen III., war forced upon, 151 Ramesses I., 232 Ramesses II., Hittite war of, 239 Ramesses II., Israel's oppressor, 249 Ramesses III., accession of, 271 Ramesses III., closing years of, 283 Ramesses III., plot to kill, 284 Ramesses III., temple of, 272 Red Sea, disaster of, 264 Rehoboam, submission of, 303 Religion, 35-41 Reservoir, Amenemhat's, 118 Revival of Arts and Industries, 350 Revolt against Darius, 381 Revolt against the Persians, 382 Rival dynasties, 311 Rut-Ammon, accession and death of, 338
Saccarah, Great Pyramid of, 59 Sacred animals, 31 Sacred bulls, 32 St. John Lateran, monument of, 202 Sankh-ka-ra, King, 99 Saplal, Hittite king, 232 Sargon, death of, 327 Sargon, founder of last Assyrian dynasty, 326 Schools, public, 45 Sea-fight, first, 277 Second cataract, 106, 111 Semetic immigrants, 130 Sennacherib, accession of, 327 Sennacherib, victories of, 328 Sennacherib's army, destruction of, 329, 331 Set, Egyptian deity, 143 Set the victorious, 269 Seti the Great, victories of, 234 Seti the Great, wars of, 236 Seti the Great, long wall of, 237 Seti the Great, Pillared Hall, 245 Seti the Great, tomb of, 246 Seti I., head of, 250 Seti I., images of, 248 Seti I., mummy of, 251 Shabak bums Bek-en-ranf, 323 Shabak, death of, 327 Shabak's conquest of Lower Nile, 324 Shabak's dealings with Hosea, 325 Shabatok, accession of, 327 Shafra, King, 82, 90, 92 Shasu, campaign against the, 273 Shepherds, Egypt under, 139 Sheshonk dynasty, defeat of, 309 Shishak, accession of, 300 Shishak, dominion of, 304 Shishak, foreign origin of, 298 Shishak invades Judæa, 303 Shishak's reception of Jeroboam, 301 Sidon, capture of, 396 Siege of Memphis, 376 Signs on tombs, 57 Slave-hunting lucrative, 220 Sneferu, first certain king, 54 Social condition, 60 Social ranks, 43 Society, divisions of, 43 Song of Egyptians, 26 Song of victory, 198 Soul, belief in immortality of, 39 Sphinx, the, 92 Standard, moral, 42 Suez, Isthmus of, 11 Syria and Ethiopia, struggle between, 337 Syria evacuated by Neco, 359
Tachos, accession of, 393 Taxation, heavy, 45 Tehrak, death of, 337 Tehrak defeated by Asshur-bani-pal, 336 Tehrak defeated by Esarhaddon, 333 Tel-el-Bahiri, 185 Tel-Mouf, 51 Temple of Ammon, 167, 173, 186, 290 Temple of Karnak, 198, 200, 304, 349, 386 Temple of Medinet-Abou, 272 Temple of Phthah, 349 Temple of Tel-el-Bahiri, 185 Theban kings, 99 Thothmes I., accession of, 158 Thothmes I., greatness of, 168 Thothmes I., victories of, 159 Thothmes II., death of, 177 Thothmes III., animosity against Hatasu, 187 Thothmes III., buildings of, 199, 201 Thothmes III., campaigns of, 191 Thothmes III., conquests of, 204 Thothmes III., lost obelisks of, 201 Thothmes III., naval power of, 197 Thothmes III., personal appearance of, 204 Thothmes III.'s system of tribute, 195 Thothmes III., tributes of, 196 Tinæus, King, 135 Tombs at Ghizeh, 56, 137 Tombs, description of, 57 Tombs, signs on, 57 Trade with Greece, 352 Trade with the Jews, 295 Transport, difficulty of, 12 Treaty with the Hittites, 243 Tribute, payment of, 149
Usurtasen I., obelisk of, 137 Usurtasen I., son of Amenemhat, 104 Usurtasen I., statue of, 105 Usurtasen II., 109 Usurtasen III., conquest of, 111
Victoria, lake, 8 Victory, song of, 198 Vocal Memnon, the, 212
Wady Haifa, 106 Wady Magharah, 54, 106 Water, modes of storing, 117 Western Asia, history of, 162 Western Asia, topography of, 155 "Wilderness of the Wanderings," 164 Women, costume of, 62 Women held in high estimation, 170 Worship, animal, 31
Zabara, Mount, 15 Zerah, defeat of, 308
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