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Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

by F. Barham Zincke

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  1. 1The Explanation of the Cover-Plate
  2. 2The Duty and Discipline of Extemporary Preaching
  3. 3Dedication
  4. 4Preface — To the Second Edition
  5. 5Introduction
  6. 6Chapter I — Egypt and the Nile
  7. 7Chapter II — How in Egypt Nature Affected Man
  8. 8Chapter III — Who Were the Egyptians?
  9. 9Chapter IV — Egypt the Japan of the Old World
  10. 10Chapter V — Backsheesh — The Girl of Bethany
  11. 11Chapter VI — Antiquity and Character of the Pyramid Civilization
  12. 12Chapter VII — Labour Was Squandered on Pyramids, Because It Could N…
  13. 13Chapter VIII — The Great Pyramid Looks Down on the Cataract of Philæ
  14. 14Chapter IX — The Wooden Statue in the Boulak Museum
  15. 15Chapter X — Date of Building With Stone
  16. 16Chapter XI — Going Up to the Top of the Great Pyramid
  17. 17Chapter XII — Luncheon at the Pyramids — Kêf
  18. 18Chapter XIII — Abydos
  19. 19Chapter XIV — The Faioum
  20. 20Chapter XV — Heliopolis
  21. 21Chapter XVI — Thebes — Luxor and Karnak
  22. 22Chapter XVII — Thebes — The Necropolis
  23. 23Chapter XVIII — Thebes — The Temple-Palaces
  24. 24Chapter XIX — Rameses the Great Goes Forth From Egypt
  25. 25Chapter XX — Germanicus at Thebes
  26. 26Chapter XXI — Moses’s Wife
  27. 27Chapter XXII — Egyptian Donkey-Boys
  28. 28Chapter XXIII — Scarabs
  29. 29Chapter XXIV — Egyptian Belief in a Future Life
  30. 30Chapter XXV — Why the Hebrew Scriptures Ignore the Future Life
  31. 31Chapter XXVI — The Effect of Eastern Travel on Belief
  32. 32Chapter XXVII — The Historical Method of Interpretation
  33. 33Chapter XXVIII — The Delta: Disappearance of Its Monuments
  34. 34Chapter XXIX — Post-Pharaohnic Temples in Upper Egypt
  35. 35Chapter XXX — The Rationale of the Monuments
  36. 36Chapter XXXI — The Wisdom of Egypt, and Its Fall
  37. 37Chapter XXXII — Egyptian Landlordism
  38. 38Chapter XXXIII — Caste
  39. 39Chapter XXXIV — Persistency of Custom in the East
  40. 40Chapter XXXV — Are All Orientals Mad?
  41. 41Chapter XXXVI — The Koran
  42. 42Chapter XXXVII — Oriental Prayer
  43. 43Chapter XXXVIII — Pilgrimage
  44. 44Chapter XXXIX — Arab Superstitions — The Evil Eye
  45. 45Chapter XL — Oriental Cleanliness
  46. 46Chapter XLI — Why Orientals Are Not Republicans
  47. 47Chapter XLII — Polygamy — Its Cause
  48. 48Chapter XLIII — Houriism
  49. 49Chapter XLIV — Can Anything Be Done for the East?
  50. 50Chapter XLV — Achmed Tried in the Balance With Hodge
  51. 51Chapter XLVI — Water-Jars and Water-Carriers
  52. 52Chapter XLVII — Want of Wood in Egypt, and Its Consequences
  53. 53Chapter XLVIII — Trees in Egypt
  54. 54Chapter XLIX — Gardening in Egypt
  55. 55Chapter L — Animal Life in Egypt — The Camel
  56. 56Chapter LI — The Ass — The Horse
  57. 57Chapter LII — The Dog — The Unclean Animal — The Buffalo — The Ox —…
  58. 58Chapter LIII — Birds in Egypt
  59. 59Chapter LIV — The Egyptian Turtle
  60. 60Chapter LV — Insect Plagues
  61. 61Chapter LVI — The Shadoof
  62. 62Chapter LVII — Alexandria
  63. 63Chapter LVIII — Cairo
  64. 64Chapter LIX — The Canalization of the Isthmus
  65. 65Chapter LX — Conclusion
  66. 66Selection From Notices by the Press of Egypt of the Pharaohs and of…

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