DEPARTMENT OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM, _September 29, 1908_. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE v LIST OF PLATES ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT xi CHAPTER I.—THE COUNTRY OF EGYPT 1 ” II.—ETHNOGRAPHY. LANGUAGE. FORMS OF WRITING. DECIPHERMENT OF EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS, ALPHABET, AND WRITING. NATIONAL CHARACTER 20 ” III.—EGYPTIAN LITERATURE, SACRED AND PROFANE 58 ” IV.—MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. MARRIAGE. EDUCATION. DRESS. FOOD. AMUSEMENTS. CATTLE BREEDING. TRADE. HANDICRAFTS 76 ” V.—ARCHITECTURE. PAINTING. SCULPTURE 103 ” VI.—THE KING AND HIS SUBJECTS. MILITARY SERVICE 116 ” VII.—EGYPTIAN RELIGION 122 ” VIII.—EMBALMING. THE EGYPTIAN TOMB 158 ” IX.—NUMBERS. DIVISIONS OF TIME. CHRONOLOGY 180 ” X.—HISTORY OF EGYPT. ANCIENT EMPIRE 188 ” XI.—HISTORY OF EGYPT. MIDDLE EMPIRE 213 ” XII.—HISTORY OF EGYPT. NEW EMPIRE 228 ” XIII.—HISTORY OF EGYPT. PTOLEMAÏC PERIOD 268 HISTORY OF EGYPT. ROMAN PERIOD 275 HISTORY OF EGYPT. ARAB PERIOD 282 A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF EGYPT 286 CARTOUCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF EGYPT 290 INDEX 303 LIST OF PLATES. SEE PAGE PLATE I. Vignette from the papyrus of Queen Netchemet 61 ” II. Text and vignettes from the sarcophagus of King Nekht-Ḥeru-ḥebt 66 ” III. False door from the tomb of Sheshȧ 68 ” IV. Sepulchral tablet of Thethȧ 68 ” V. Sepulchral tablet of Sebek-ḥetep 68 ” VI. Sepulchral tablet of Pai-neḥsi 68 ” VII. Sepulchral tablet of Bak-en-Ȧmen 68 ” VIII. Sepulchral tablet of Nes-Ḥeru 68 ” IX. Painted relief from the tomb of Ur-ȧri-en-Ptaḥ 81 ” X. Painted sepulchral tablet of Kaḥu 81