Volume 5 — THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY—(continued)

THÛTMOSIS III.: THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYRIAN PROVINCES—AMENÔTHES III.: THE WORSHIPPERS OF ATONÛ.

Thutmosis III.: the talcing of Qodshâ in the 42nd year of his reign—The tribute of the south—The triumph-song of Amon.

The constitution of the Egyptian empire—The Grown vassals and their relations with the Pharaoh—The king’s messengers—The allied states—Royal presents and marriages; the status of foreigners in the royal harem—Commerce with Asia, its resources and its risks; protection granted to the national industries, and treaties of extradition.

Amenôthes II, his campaigns in Syria and Nubia—Thûtmosis IV.; his dream under the shadow of the Sphinx and his marriage—Amenôthes III. and his peaceful reign—The great building works—The temples of Nubia: Soleb and his sanctuary built by Amenôthes III, Gebel Barkal, Elephantine—The beautifying of Thebes: the temple of Mat, the temples of Amon at Luxor and at Karnak, the tomb of Amenôthes III, the chapel and the colossi of Memnon.

The increasing importance of Anion and his priests: preference shown by Amenôthes III. for the Heliopolitan gods, his marriage with Tii—The influence of Tii over Amenôthes IV.: the decadence of Amon and of Thebes, Atonû and Khûîtniatonû—Change of physiognomy in Khûniaton, his character, his government, his relations with Asia: the tombs of Tel el-Amarna and the art of the period—Tutanlchamon, At: the return of the Pharaohs to Thebes and the close of the XVIIIth dynasty.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY—(continued)

CHAPTER II—THE REACTION AGAINST EGYPT

CHAPTER III—THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE

List of Illustrations

Spines

Cover

Frontispiece

Titlepage

006.jpg a Procession of Negroes

015.jpg a Syrian Town and Its Outskirts After an Egyptian Army Had Passed Through It

030.jpg the LotanÛ and The Goldsmiths’work Constituting Their Tribute

032b.jpg Painted Tablets in the Hall of Harps

034.jpg. The Bear and Elephant Brought As Tribute in The Tomb of Rakhmiri

040.jpg the Mummy of Thutmosis Iii.

041.jpg Head of the Mummy Of ThÛtmosis Iii.

044.jpg AmenÔthes Ii., from the Statue at Turin

046.jpg the Great Sphinx and The Chapel of Thutmosis Iv.

047.jpg the Simoom. Sphinx and Pyramids at Gizeh

050.jpg the Stele of The Sphinx Of Gizer

052.jpg Queen MutemÛau.

052b.jpg Amenothes Iii. Colossal Head in the British Museum

052b-text.jpg

053.jpg Amenothes Iii. From the Tomb of Khamhait

056.jpg Scarab of the Hunt

058.jpg a Gang of Syrian Prisoners Making Brick for The Temple of Amon

059.jpg One of the Rams Of AmenÔthes Iii

062.jpg One of the Lions Of Gebel-barkal

065.jpg the Temple at Elephantine, As It Was in 1799

066.jpg the Great Court of The Temple Of Luxor During The Inundation

067.jpg Part of the Avenue Of Rams, Between The Temples Of Amon and MaÛt

069.jpg the Pylons of ThÛtmosis Iii. And HarmhabÎ At Kaknak

070.jpg Sacred Lake Akd the Southern Part of The Temple Of Karnak.

073.jpg the Two Colossi of Memnon in The Plain Of Thebes

076.jpg a Party of Tourists at the Foot Of The Vocal Statue of Memnok

079.jpg Marriage ScarabÆus

084.jpg Map

087.jpg the Decorated Pavement of The Palace

095.jpg the Mask of KihÛniatonÛ

096.jpg AmenÔthes Iv., from the Statuette in The Louvre.

097.jpg Page Image

098.jpg KhÛniatonÛ and his Wife Rewarding One of The Great Officers of the Court

100.jpg the Door of a Tomb at Tel El-amarna

103.jpg Interior of a Tomb at Tel El-amarna

104.jpg Profile of Head Of Mummy (thebes Tombs.)

106.jpg Two of the Daughters Of KhÛhi AtonÛ

111.jpg Sarcophagus of the Pharaoh AÎ

114.jpg Tailpiece

117.jpg Page Image

123.jpg the First Pylon of HarmhabÎ at Karnak

127.jpg Amenothes IV. From a Fragment Used Again By Harmhabi

128.jpg Harmhabi

129.jpg the Vaulted Passage of The Rock-tomb at Gebel Silsileh

131.jpg the Triumph Of HarmhabÎ in The Sanctuary of Gebel Silsileh

135.jpg Three Heads of Hittite Soldiers

138.jpg a Hittite King.

140.jpg a Hittite Chariot With Its Three Occupants

146.jpg Map

160.jpg Ramses I.

163.jpg the Return of The North Wall Of The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Where Seti I. Represents Some Episodes in his First Campaign

166.jpg Representation of Seti I. Vanquishing the Libyans And Asiatics on the Walls, Karnak

168.jpg a Fortified Station on the Route Between The Nile And the Red Sea.

169.jpg the Temple of Seti I. At Redesieh

170.jpg Fragment of the Map Of The Gold-mines

171.jpg the Three Standing Columns of The Temple Of Sesebi

173 an Avenue of One Of the Aisles Of The Hypostyle Hall At Karnak

174.jpg the Gratings of The Central Colonnade in The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak

176.jpg One of the Colonnades Of The Hypostyle Hall In The Temple of Seti I. At Abydos

176b.jpg the Facade of The Temple Of Seti

181.jpg the Temple of Qurnah

184.jpg One of the Pillars Of The Tomb Of Seti I.

187.jpg Ramses II. Puts the Negroes to Flight

193.jpg the Shardana Guard of Ramses II.

195.jpg Two Hittite Spies Beaten by the Egyptian Soldiers

196.jpg the Egyptian Camp and The Council of War on The Morning of the Battle Of QodshÛ

198.jpg the Garrison of QodshÛ Issuing Forth to Help The Prince of KhÂti.

214.jpg KhÂtusaru, Prince of KhÂti, and his Daughter

218.jpg Phoenician Boats Landing at Thebes

221.jpg the Projecting Columns of The Speos Of Gerf-hosseÎn

221.jpg the Caryatides of Gerf-hosseÎn

224.jpg the Two Colossi of Abu Simbel to The South Of The Doorway

225.jpg the Interior of The Speos Of Abu Simbel

228.jpg the Face of The Rock at Abu Simgel

229.jpg Ramses Ii. Pierces a Libyan Chief With his Lance

230.jpg Ramses Ii. Strikes a Group of Prisoners

231.jpg the Façade of The Little Speos Of Hauthor at Abu Simbel

232.jpg Columns of Temple at Luxor

233.jpg the Chapel of Thutmosis III. And One Of The Pylons of Ramses Ii. At Luxor

235.jpg the Colonnade of Seti I. And The Three Colossal Statues of Ramses II. At Luxor

236.jpg Paintings of Chairs

237.jpg the Remains of The Colossal Statue Of Ramses Ii. At the Ramesseum

238.jpg the Ramesseum

240.jpg the Ruins of The Memnonium Of Ramses Ii. At Abydos

242.jpg the Colossal Statue of Ramses II. At Mitrahineh

245.jpg the Chapel of The Apis Of AmekÔthes III.

246.jpg Statue of Khamoisit

247.jpg Stele of the Nahr El-kelb

248.jpg the Bas-belief of Ninfi

249.jpg the Coffin and Mummy of Ramses II

253.jpg a Libyan

260.jpg Statue of MÎnephtah

263.jpg the Chapels of Ramses II. And Minephtah At Sisileh

264.jpg Statue of Seti II.

265.jpg Seti II.

268.jpg Amenmesis

281.jpg Table

287.jpg Page Image

289.jpg NakhtÛsÎt.

299.jpg One of the Libyan Chiefs Vanquished by Ramses Iii.

300.jpg the Waggons of The Pulasati and Their Confederates

301.jpg Pulasati

304.jpg a Sihagalasha Chief

307.jpg the Army Op Ramses III. On The March, and The Lion-hunt

308.jpg the Defeat of The Peoples Of The Sea

313.jpg the Captive Chiefs of Ramses Iii. At Medinet-ihabu

314.jpg Ramses III. Binds the Chiefs of The Libyans

318.jpg the Prince of The Khati

320.jpg Signs, Arms and Instruments

321.jpg the Colossal Osirian Figures in The First Court At Medinet-habu

322.jpg the First Pylon of The Temple

327.jpg the Mummy of Ramses III.

331.jpg a Ramses of the Xxth Dynasty

334.jpg Map: Thebes in the Xxth Dynasty

345.jpg Pectoral of Ramses II.

347.jpg the Ram-headed Sparrow-hawk in The Louvre

348.jpg Decorated Armchair

349.jpg Egyptian Wig

350.jpg Page Image With Furniture

357.jpg the Cat and The Jackal Go off to The Fields With Their Flocks Drawn by Faucher-gudin, from Lepsius.

358.jpg the Cat Before Its Judge

359.jpg a Concert of Animals Devoted to Music