tailieunhanh - Sách ANCIENT EGYPT

In shape Egypt is like a lily with a crooked stem. A broad blossom terminates it at its upper end; a button of a bud projects from the stalk a little below the blossom, on the left-hand side. The broad blossom is the Delta, extending from Aboosir to Tineh, a direct distance of a hundred and eighty miles, which the projection of the coast—the graceful swell of the petals—enlarges to two hundred and thirty. | ANCIENT EGYPT BY GEORGE RAWLINSON . CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF TURIN AUTHOR OF THE FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD. ETC. ETC. WITH THE COLLABORATION OF ARTHUR GILMAN . AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF ROME ETC. TENTH EDITION LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQUARE . COPYRIGHT BY T. FISHER UNWIN 1886 For Great Britain TO REGINALD STUART POOLE KEEPER OF COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH HELP AND MUCH PLEASURE DERIVED FROM HIS EGYPTIAN LABOURS. CONTENTS. L THE LAND OF EGYPT 1-22 General shape of Egypt 1 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 Egyptian 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. H. 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. III. THE DAWN OF HISTORY 45-64 Early Egyptian myths the Seb and Thoth legends 46 47 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 .