CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—EGYPT UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER II.—THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD IN EGYPT
CHAPTER III.—EGYPT DURING THE MUHAMMEDAN PERIOD
List of Illustrations
011.jpg the Nilometer at Elephantine
016.jpg on the Edge of The Desert
022b.jpg Fragments in Wood Painted
024.jpg Temple at Tentyra, Enlarged by Roman Architects
027.jpg on the Banks of The Nile.
029.jpg Bedouin Tent in the Desert
041.jpg Egyptian Threshing-machine
056.jpg Egyptian Threshing Machine
078b.jpg Scene in a Sepuuchral Chamber
083.jpg Trinity of Isis, Horus and Nephthys
086.jpg Egyptian Wig (british Museum)
089.jpg Antoninian Temple Near Sinai
095.jpg Commemorative Coin of Antinous
099.jpg Vocal Statue of Amenhothes
106.jpg Koptic Charm and Scarabeus
108.jpg Gems Showing Symbol of Death and the Word [Îah Javeh
109.jpg Hadrian's Egyptian Coins
112.jpg Coins of Antoninus Pius.
117.jpg Coins of Marcus Aurelius
120.jpg Alexandrian Forms of Writing
135.jpg Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, and Demotic Writing
139b.jpg Painting at the Entrance of The Fifth Tomb
164.jpg Street Vendors in Metal Ware
165.jpg Coin of Domitianus With Latin Inscription
169.jpg Coin of Trajan's Second Legion
184.jpg Dome Palm of Upper Egypt
213.jpg Temple of Abu Simbel in Nubia
225.jpg a Young Egyptian Wearing the Royal Lock
231.jpg an Egyptian Water-carrier
237.jpg Remains of a Christian Church in the Temple Of Luxor
243.jpg Temple Courtyard, Medinet Abu
248.jpg Christian Picture at Abu Simbe
250.jpg Manfaloot, Showing the Height of The Nile In Summer
257.jpg Quarries at Toorah on the Nile
258b.jpg Street and Mosque of Mahdjiar
264.jpg Ramses Ii. And St. Peter
271.jpg Arabs Resting in the Desert
285.jpg Street Sprinkler at Alexandria
291.jpg Illustrations from Copy of Dioscoride
302.jpg Fortress Near Mount Sinai
313.jpg a Modern House in the Delta at Rosetta
339.jpg Citadel of Cairo (fostat).
341.jpg a Crocodile Used As A Talisman
347.jpg Door of an Arabian House.
356.jpg the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo.
359.jpg Sanctuary of the Mosque Of Ibn Tulun
361.jpg the Mosque of Ibn Tulun
371.jpg Mosque Tomb Near Syene
383.jpg Mustanssir's Gate at Cairo
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—THE CRUSADERS IN EGYPT
CHAPTER II.—THE FRENCH IN EGYPT
CHAPTER III.—THE RULE OF MEHEMET ALI
CHAPTER IV—THE BRITISH INFLUENCE IN EGYPT
CHAPTER V.—THE WATER WAYS OF EGYPT
CHAPTER VI—THE DECIPHERMENT OF THE HIEROGLYPHS
CHAPTER VII—THE DEVELOPMENT OF EGYPTOLOGY
CHAPTER VIII.—IMPORTANT RESEARCHES IN EGYPT
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece Collection of Vases
007.jpg Arabic Decorative Painting
013.jpg Enamelled Glass Cup from Arabia
015.jpg Gate of El Futuh at Cairo
025.jpg Vase in the Abbott Collection, New York
027.jpg Public Fountain, Cairo.
038.jpg Court in the Moristan of The Kilawun
043.jpg Window in the Mausoleum of Kilawun
049.jpg Interior of the Mosque, Kilawun
055.jpg Frieze in Mosque of Sultan Hasan
059.jpg Inside the Mosque of Hassan
067.jpg a Title-page of the Koran Of The Time Of Shaban
069.jpg Prayer-niche in the Mosque of The Sultan Mahmudi
071.jpg Ornamental Page from a Koran of the Fourteenth Century
073.jpg Mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo
076.jpg Wadi Feiran, in the Sinai Peninsula
116b.jpg Cairo—Eskibieh Quarter
119.jpg Cairo from the Left Bank of The Nile
124.jpg Statue of General Kleber at Strasburg
161.jpg a Distinguished Egyptian Jew
165.jpg Mosque of Muad at Cairo
169.jpg a Muhammedan Praying Priest
187.jpg Arabs at a Desert Spring
190.jpg Part of
Cairo, Showing the
Mulqufs on The Houses Of Modern Egypt
201.jpg Palace Op the Khedive at Alexandria
207.jpg Mosque of the Ibriham at Desuk
210.jpg Lord Kitchener of Khartum
218.jpg Slave Boats on the Nile
223.jpg Viscount Cromer (sir Evelyn Baring)
232.jpg Mosque of El Ghuri at Cairo
245.jpg Scale of the Nilometer
251.jpg Hieroglyphic Record of an Ancient Canal
263.jpg the Opening of The Suez Canal
277.jpg the Main Stream of The Nile
283.jpg the Ferry at Old Cairo
291.jpg Examples of Phoenecian Porcelain
296.jpg Jean Francois Champollion
309.jpg Table of Comparative Symbols
321.jpg the Great Hall of Abydos
324.jpg Types
of Egyptian Columns: 1, 2, 3, Geometric;
6-11, Botanical; 4, 5, 12,
Hathoric.
347.jpg the Lotus Flower Nymphaea Lotus
361.jpg Plan of the Royal Tombs As Abydos
362.jpg Table of Ancient Rulers *
363a.jpg Table of Chronology Of Early Kings
364.jpg Enlarged Plan of First Dynasty Tombs
366.jpg Ebony Tablet of King Aha-mena
368.jpg Tomb of Zer, 4700 B.c.
372.jpg Tomb of Zet, Circa 4700 B.c.
377.jpg Plans of the Tombs Of Den-setui and Others
379.jpg Tablet of Den-setui, 4600 B.c.
380.jpg Architectural Drawing, B.c. 4600.
381.jpg Ivory Panel of Den-setui, 4600 B.c.
382.jpg Stairway in the Tomb Azab
384.jpg Tomb of Mersekha, Showing Wooden Floor
385.jpg Plan of Tomb Of Qa, Circa 4500 B.c.
389.jpg Stone Chamber of Khasekhemui
391.jpg Gold-capped Vases and Gold Bracelets
393.jpg General Plan of Buildings at Abydos
395.jpg Ivory Statuette of First Dynasty King
398.jpg Ivory Statuette of Khufvi.
400.jpg Ancient Egyptian Arrows
401.jpg Miscellaneous Copper Objects
402a.jpg Ivory Comb, B. C. 4800
402b.jpg Corn-grinder and Three-sided Bowl
403.jpg Types of Prehistoric and First Dynasty Pottery
404b.jpg Pottery Forms from Abydos
405.jpg Three Types of Sealings
406.jpg a Sealing Showing Jars
407.jpg Accounts on Pottery, B.C. 4600
408.jpg Unique Instance of a Dissected Burial