Finally, in 30 B.C., Egypt was made a province of Rome. The greatness of ancient Egypt has not been forgotten over the centuries. Works of art of all kinds remain. They range from huge pyramids and tombs to skillfully formed stone statues, wall paintings, and carved and painted reliefs (Figure 7.3). A history of art in ancient Egypt Vol 1 - G Perrot 1883 A history of art in ancient Egypt Vol 2 - G Perrot 1883. To view the books you will need a computer (or similar device) that can open PDF files. Rosetta stone software for mac. PDF reader software is universally available for Free. The disks will not 'play' on a standard CD player or DVD player connected to a.
The Story Of Ancient Egypt – George Rawlinson (M.A.) 1888
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The Story Of Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson is a very famous book about the history of ancient Egypt based on an archaeological perspective. This book should be useful to Bible readers as it provides a good historical knowledge of Israel 's neighbours.
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CONTENTS.
The Land of Egypt PAGE 1-22 General shape of Eg}-pt, i — Chief divisions : twofold division, 2 ; threefold division, 3—The Egypt, of the maps unreal, 4—Egypt, ' the gift of the river,' in what sense, 5, 6—The Fayoum, 7—Egj'ptian speculations concerning the Nile, 7, 8—The Nile not beautiful, 8—Size of Egypt, 9—Fertility, 10—Geographical situation, 11, 12—The Nile, as a means of communication, 12, 13—Phenomena of the inundation, 13, 14—Climate of Egypt, 14—Geology, 15—Flora and Fauna, 16, 17—General monotony, 19—Exceptions, 20-22. II. The People of Egypt 23-45 Origin of the Egyptians, 23—Phenomena of their language and type, 24—Two marked varieties of physique, 25—Two types of character : the melancholic, 25, 27 : the gay, 27-29 —Character of the Egyptian religion : polytheism, 30, 31 -- Animal worship, 31-33—Worship of the monarch, 33 Osirid saga, 34, 35—Evil gods, 36—Local cults, 37—Esoteric religion, 38 ; how reconciled with the popular belief, 39 Conviction of a life after death, 40, 41—Moral code, 41-43-- Actual state of morals, 43—Ranks of society, 44, 45.
The Dawn of History …. 46-64
Early Egyptian myths : the Seb and Thoth legends, 46, 4}-- The destruction of mankind by Ra, 48—Traditions concerning M'na, or Menes, 48—Site of Memphis, 49—Great Temple of Phthah at Memphis, 50, 51—Names of Memphis, 51—Question of the existence of M'na, 52, 53—Supposed successors of M'na, 54—First historical Egyptian, Sneferu, 55—The Egypt of his time, 56—Hieroglyphics, 57—Tombs, 58—Incipient pyramids, 59, 60—Social condition of the people, 60—Manners, 61—Position of women, 62-64. IV. The Pyramid Builders …. 65-94 Difficult to realize the conception of a great pyramid, 65 -- Egyptian idea of one, 66—Number of pyramids in Egypt : the Principal Three, 67—Description of the ' Third Pyramid,' 67-71; of the 'Second Pyramid,' 72; of the 'First' or 'Great Pyramid,' 75-81—The traditional builders, Khufu, Shafra, and Menkaura, 82 ; the pyramids their tombs, 82 Grandeur of Khufu's conception, 83—Cruelty involved in it, 84, 85—The builders' hopes not realized, 85, 86—Skill displayed in the construction, 86—Magnificence of the architectural effect, 89—Inferiority of the 'Third Pyramid,' 90 —Continuance of the pyramid period, 91-94. V. The Rise of Thebes to Power, and the Early Thehan Kings …. Texas instruments ohci compliant ieee 1394 host controller driver vista. 95-] Shift of the seat of power—site of Thebes, 95—Origin of the name of Thebes, 96—Earliest known Thcban king, Antef I., Iso image for virtualbox. 97—Mis successors, Mentu-holep I. and 'Antef the (jreat,' 98—Other Antefs and Mentu-hoteps, 98, 99—Sankh-ka-ra and his fleet, 99, 100—Dynasty of Usurtasens and Amencmhats :
spirit of their civilization, loo, loi—Reign of Amenemhat I.,
I02—His wars and hunting expeditions, 103, 104—Usurtasen I. : his wars, 105—His sculptures and architectural works, 106—His obelisk, 107-109—Reign of Amenemhat H. : tablet belonging to his time, 109, iio—Usurtasen II. and his conquests, III, 112. VI. The Good Amenemhat and his Works , 113-T23 Dangers connected with the inundation of the Nile, twofold, 113—An excessive inundation, 114; a defective one, I15 -- Sufferingsfrom these causes under Amenemhat III., 115, 116^ Possible storage of water, 1 17—Amenemhat's reservoir, the 'Lake Moeris,' 1 18—Doubts as to its dimensions, 119, 120 Amenemhat's ' Labyrinth,' 121—His pyramid, and name of Ra-n-mat, 122, 123. VII. Abraham in Egypt …. 124-131 Wanderings of the Patriarch, 124—Necessity which drove him into Egypt, 125—Passage of the Desert, 126—A dread anxiety unfaithfully met, 127—Reception on the frontier, and removal of Sarah to the court, 128—Abraham's material well-being, 129—The Pharaoh restores Sarah, 130—Probable date of the visit, 130—Other immigrants, 131. VIIL The Great Invasion —The Hyksos or Shepherd Kings—Joseph and Apepi . . 132-146 Exemption of Egypt hitherto from foreign attack, 132 -- Threatening movements among the populations of Asia, 133 Manetho's tale of the ' Shepherd ' invasion, 134—The probable reality, 135, 136—Upper Egypt not overrun, 137—The
first Hyksos king, Set, or Saites, 138—Duration of the rule,
doubtful, 139—Character of the rule improves with time, 140 —Apepi's great works at Tanis, 144—Apepi and Ra-sekenen, 145—Apepi and Joseph, 146. IX. How THE Hyksos were Expelled from Egypt 147-169 Rapid deterioration of conquering races generally, 147, 148 Recovery of the Egj-ptians from the ill effects of the invasion, 149—Second rise of Thebes to greatness, 150—War of Apepi with Ra-sekenen III., 151 — Succession of Aahmes ; war continues, 152—The Hyksos quit Egynt. 153—Aahmes perhaps assisted by the Ethiopians, 154-157. X. The First Great Warrior King, Thothmes I. 158-169 Early wars of Thothmes in Ethiopia and Nubia, 158-160 -- His desire to avenge the Hyksos invasion, 161—Condition of Western Asia at this period, 162, 163—^Geographical sketch of the countries to be attacked, 164, 165—Probable information of Thothmes on these matters, 167—His great expedition into Syria and Mesopotamia, 167—His buildings, 168-- His greatness insufliciently appreciated, 169. XI. Queen Hatasu and her Merchant Fleet . 170-1; High estimation of women in Egypt, 170—Early position of Hatasu as joint ruler with Thothmes H., 173—Her buildings at this period, 173—Her assumption of male attire and titles, 174-177—Her nominal regency for Thothmes HI., and real sovereignty, 177, 178—Construction and voyage of her fleet; 178-183—Return of the expedition to Thebes, 184—Construction of a temple to commemorate it, 185 — Joint reign of Hatasu with Thothmes III.—Her obelisks, 186—Her name oMilerattd bv I'ho'.hmcs, 187.
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Thothmes the Third and Amenhotep the Second 189-207 First expedition of Thothmes III. into Asia, 189-191—His second and subsequent campaigns, 191, 192—Great expedition of his thirty-third year, 192, 193—Adventure with an elephant, 194—Further expeditions : amount of pUmder and tribute, 195—Interest in natural history, 196—Employment of a navy, 197—Song of victory on the walls of the Temple of Karnak, 198-199—Architectural works, 199-201—Their present wide diffusion, 202—Thothmes compared with Alexander, 203 -- Description of his person, 204—Position of the Israelites under Thothmes III., 205—Short reign of Amenhotep II., 206. XIII. . Amen-hotep III. AND HIS Great Works—The ' Vocal Memnon …. 208-222 The ' Twin Colossi' of Thebes : their impressiveness, 208- 211—The account given of them by their sculptor, 212—The Eastern Colossus, why called 'The Vocal Memnon,' 213, 214 —Earliest testimony to its being 'vocal,' 214—Rational account of the phenomenon, 215-217—Amenhotep's temple at Luxor, 217, 218—His other buildings, 219—His wars and expeditions, 219, 220 —His lion hunts ; his physiognomy and character, 221, 222, XIV. KhUENATEN AND THE DiSK-WORSHIPPERS . 223-: Obscure nature of the heresy of the Disk-worshippers, 223- 225—Possible connection of Disk-worship with the Israelites, 226—Hostility of the Disk-worshippers to the old Egyptian religion, 227—The introduction of the 'heresy' traced to Queen Taia, 228—Great development of the 'heresy' under her son, Amenhotep IV., or Khuenaten, 229—Other changes introduced bv him, 230.
Beginning of the Decli-ne of Egypt . . 231-252
Advance of the Hittite power in Syria, 231—Yar of Saplal with Ramesses I., 231—Warof Seti I. with Maut-enar, 232-- Great Syrian campaign of Seti, followed by a treaty, 233-235 — Seti's other wars, 236—His great wall, 237—Hittite war of Ramesses II., 238-240—Poem of Pentaour, 241—Results of the battle of Kadesh, a new treaty and an inter marriage, 242, 243—Military decline of Egypt, 244—Egyptian art reaches its highest point : Great Hall of Columns at Karnak, 245 -- Tomb of Seti, 246, 247—Colossi of Ramesses IT., 248 Ramesses II. the great oppressor of the Israelites, 249 Physiognomies of Seti I. and Ramesses II., 250-252. XVI. Menephthah I., the Pharaoh of the Exodus 253-268 Good prospect of peace on Menephthah's accession, 253— • General sketch of his reign, 254—Invasion of the Maxyes, 255 —Their Mediterranean allies, 256,257—Repulseof theinvasion, 258-261—Israelite troubles, 262-264—Loss of the Egyptian chariot force in the Red Sea, 265—Internal revolts and difficulties, 265—General review of the civilization of the period, 266-268. XVII. The Decline of Egypt under the later Ramessides …… 269-287 Temporary disintegration of Egypt, 269—Reign of Setnekbt, 270—Reign of Ramesses III., 271—General restlessness of the nations in his time, 272—Libyan invasion of Egypt, 273, 274—Great invasion of the Tekaru, Tanauna, and others, 275, 276—First naval battle on record, 277, 278—Part taken by Ramesses in the fight, 278-281—Campaign of revenge, 282 Later years of Ramesses peaceful, 283—General decline of Egypt, 284—Insignificance of the later Ramessides, 284,285 Deterioration in art, literatuie, and morals, 285-287.
XVIII.
The Priist-Kings—Pinetem and Solomon . 288-297 Influence of the priests in Egypt, 288—Ordinary relations between them and the kings, 289—High-priesthood of Ammon becomes hereditary ; Herhor, 290—Reign of Pinetem I., 293 —Reign of Men-khepr-ra, 294—Rise of the kingdom of the Israehtes, 295—Friendly relations established between Pinetem II. and Solomon, 296—Effect on Hebrew art and architecture, 297. XIX. Shishak and his Dynasty 298-313 Shishak's family Semitic, but not Assyrian or Babylonian, 298 —Connected by marriage with the priest-kings, 299, 300—Reception of Jeroboam by Shishak, 301—Shishak's expedition against Rehoboam, 302—Aid lent to Jeroboam in his own kingdom, 303—Arab conquests, 304—Karnak inscription, 305—Shishak's successors, 306—War of Zerah (Osorkon II. ?) with Asa, 308—Effect of Zerah's defeat, 309—Decline of the dynasty, 310—Disintegration of Egypt, 310, 311—Further deterioration in literature and art, 311-313. XX. The Land Sh.dowing with Wings—Egypt under the Ethiopians …. 314-330 Vague use of the term Ethiopia, 314—Ethiopian kingdom of Napata, 315—Wealth of Napata, 316—Piankhi's rise to power, 317—His protectorate of Egypt, 318—Revolt of Tafnekht and others, 318— Suppression of the revolt, 319-322 Death of Piankhi, and revolt of Bek-en-ranf, 323—Power of Shabak established over Egypt, 324—General character of the Ethiopian rule, 324—Advance of Assyria towards the Egyptian border, 325—Collision between Sargon and Shabak, 326 -- Reign of Shabatok—Sennacherib threatens Egypt, 327-- Reign of Tehrak, 328-330.
XXI.
The Fight over the Carcase—Ethiopia f. Assyria ……. 331-341 Egypt attacked by Esarhaddon, 331, 332— Great battle near Memphis, ^;i;i—Memphis taken, and flight of Tehrak to Napata, 334—Egypt split up into small states by Esarhaddon, 334> 335—Tehrak renews the struggle, 336—Tehrak driven out by Asshur-bani-pal, 337—His last effort, 337—Aitempt made by Rut-Ammon fails, 338—Temporar}' success of Mi- Ammon-nut, 339—Egypt becomes once more an Assyrian dependency, 340—Her wretched condition, 341. XXII. The Corpse comes to Life again—Psamatik I. AND his Son, Neco …. 342-359 Foreign help needed to save a sinking state, 342— Libyan origin of Psamatik I., 344—His revolt connected with the decline of Assyria, 345—Assistance rendered him by Gyges, 345—His struggle with the petty princes, 346—Reign of Psamatik : place assigned by him to the mercenaries, 347 -- His measures for restoring Egypt to her former prosperity, 348, 349—He encourages intercourse between Egj'pt and Greece, 350-352—Egypt restored to life : character of the new life, 353—Later years of Psamatik : conquest of Ashdod, 354 —Reign of Neco : his two fleets, 355—His circumnavigation of Africa, 356—His conquest of Syria, 357—^Jeremiah on the battle of Carchemish, 358—Neco's dream of empire terminates, 359. XXIIL The later Sa'ite Kings—Psamatik II., Apries, AND Amasis …… 360-367 The Saitic revival in art and architecture, 360—Some recovery of military strength, 361—Expedition of Psamatik II. into Etiiiopia, 362—Part taken by Apries in the war betweenNebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah, 363—His Phoenician conquests, 364—His expedition against Cyiene, 364—Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, 365—Quiet reign of Amasis, 366—The Saitic revival not the recovery of true national life, 367. XXIV. The Persian Conquest …. 368-380 Patient acquiescence of Amasis in his position of tributary to Babylon, 368—Rise of the Persian power under Cyrus, and appeal made by Croesus to Amasis, League of Egypt, Lydia, and Babylon, 369, 370—Precipitancy of Croesus, 371—Fab of Babylon, 371—Later wars of Cyrus, 372—Preparations made against Egypt by Cambyses, 373, 374—Great battle of Pelusium, 375—Psamatik III. besieged in Memphis. 376—Fall of Memphis, and cruel treatment of the Eg)'ptians by Cambyses, • 377, 378—His iconoclasm checked by some considerations of policy, 379—Conciliatory measures of Darius Hystaspis, 379, 380. XXV. Three Desperate Revolts …. 380-386 First revolt, under Khabash, easily suppressed by Xerxes, 381, 382—Second revolt under Inarus and Amyrtaeus, assisted by Athens, 3S2, 383—Suppressed by Megabyzus, 384—Herodotus in Egj-pt, 385—Third revolt, under Nefaa-rut, attains a certain success ; a native monarchy re-established, 3S6. XXVI. Nectanebo I.—A Last Gleam of Sunshine . 387-392 Unquiet time under the earlier successors of Xefaa-rut, 387 -- Preparations of Nectanebo (Nekht Hor-heb) for the better protection of Egypt against the Persians, 388—Invasion of Egypt by Pharnabazus and Iphicrates, 389—Failure of the expedition, 390—A faint revival of art and architecture, 391. The Art Of Ancient Egypt Robbins Pdf Reader
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The Light goes out in Darkness 393-402 Reign of Te-her (Tacho), 393—Reign of Nectaneho II. (Nekhtnebf ), 394—Revolt of Sidon, and great expedition of Ochus, 394) 395—Sidon betrayed by Tennes and Memnon of Rhodes, 396—March upon Egypt : disposition of the Persian forces, 397—Skirmish at Pelusium, and retreat of Nekht-nebf to Memphis, 398, 399—Capture of Pelusium, 399—Surrender of Bubastis, 400—Nehkt-nebf flies to Ethiopia, 401—General reflections, 402. Comments are closed.
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