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Egypt of the Pharaohs and the Khedivé

Egypt of the Pharaohs and the Khedivé

by F. Barham Zincke

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Author
Zincke, F. Barham (Foster Barham), 1817-1893
Title
Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé
Original Publication
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1873.
Credits
Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Egypt -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71987
Release Date
October 30, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE EXPLANATION OF THE COVER-PLATE. — BY THE SAME AUTHOR. — The Duty and Discipline of Extemporary Preaching. — A Winter in the United States : — A Month in Switzerland.
  2. 2.DEDICATION
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS, AND OF THE KHEDIVÉ. — CHAPTER I. EGYPT AND THE NILE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. HOW IN EGYPT NATURE AFFECTED MAN.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. WHO WERE THE EGYPTIANS?
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. EGYPT THE JAPAN OF THE OLD WORLD.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. BACKSHEESH.—THE GIRL OF BETHANY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. ANTIQUITY AND CHARACTER OF THE PYRAMID CIVILIZATION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. LABOUR WAS SQUANDERED ON PYRAMIDS, BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE BOTTLED UP.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT PYRAMID LOOKS DOWN ON THE CATARACT OF PHILÆ.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. THE WOODEN STATUE IN THE BOULAK MUSEUM.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. DATE OF BUILDING WITH STONE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. GOING UP TO THE TOP OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. LUNCHEON AT THE PYRAMIDS—KÊF.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. ABYDOS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE FAIOUM.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. HELIOPOLIS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THEBES—LUXOR AND KARNAK.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THEBES—THE NECROPOLIS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. THEBES—THE TEMPLE-PALACES.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. RAMESES THE GREAT GOES FORTH FROM EGYPT.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. GERMANICUS AT THEBES.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. MOSES’S WIFE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. EGYPTIAN DONKEY-BOYS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. SCARABS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. EGYPTIAN BELIEF IN A FUTURE LIFE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. WHY THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES IGNORE THE FUTURE LIFE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. THE EFFECT OF EASTERN TRAVEL ON BELIEF.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. THE HISTORICAL METHOD OF INTERPRETATION.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DELTA: DISAPPEARANCE OF ITS MONUMENTS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. POST-PHARAOHNIC TEMPLES IN UPPER EGYPT.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. THE RATIONALE OF THE MONUMENTS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. THE WISDOM OF EGYPT, AND ITS FALL.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. EGYPTIAN LANDLORDISM.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. CASTE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. PERSISTENCY OF CUSTOM IN THE EAST.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. ARE ALL ORIENTALS MAD?
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE KORAN.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. ORIENTAL PRAYER.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. PILGRIMAGE.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. ARAB SUPERSTITIONS.—THE EVIL EYE.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XL. ORIENTAL CLEANLINESS.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. WHY ORIENTALS ARE NOT REPUBLICANS.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. POLYGAMY.—ITS CAUSE.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. HOURIISM.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE FOR THE EAST?
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLV. ACHMED TRIED IN THE BALANCE WITH HODGE.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI. WATER-JARS AND WATER-CARRIERS.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII. WANT OF WOOD IN EGYPT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLVIII. TREES IN EGYPT.
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLIX. GARDENING IN EGYPT.
  55. 55.CHAPTER L. ANIMAL LIFE IN EGYPT.—THE CAMEL.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LI. THE ASS.—THE HORSE. — The Horse.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LII. THE DOG.—THE UNCLEAN ANIMAL.—THE BUFFALO.—THE OX.—THE GOAT AND THE SHEEP.—FERÆ NATURÆ. — The Unclean Animal. — The Buffalo. — The Ox. — The Goats and the Sheep. — Feræ Naturæ.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIII. BIRDS IN EGYPT.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LIV. THE EGYPTIAN TURTLE.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LV. INSECT PLAGUES.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVI. THE SHADOOF.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVII. ALEXANDRIA.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LVIII. CAIRO.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LIX. THE CANALIZATION OF THE ISTHMUS.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION.
  66. 66.FOOTNOTES
  67. 67.INDEX.
  68. 68.SELECTION FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS OF Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé .

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