Ancient Egypt History

• Index

A

• Aahmes I.,
• "Aa-khepr-ka-ra, Abode of,"
• "Abode of Aa-khepr-ka-ra,"
• Abraham, deceit of, ,
• Abraham in Egypt,
• Abyssinia, rainfall in,
• Alliance with Babylon and Lydia,
• Amasis, prosperity under,
• Amenemhat I.,
• Amenemhat I., hunting prowess of,
• Amenemhat III.,
• "Amenemhat the Good,"
• Amenemhat's Labyrinth,
• Amenemhat's Reservoir,
• Amenhotep II., conquests of,
• Amenhotep II., cruelty of,
• Amenhotep III., colossi of,
• Amenhotep III., lion-hunting of,
• Amenhotep III., personal appearance of,
• Amenhotep III., wars of,
• Amenhotep IV., accession of,
• Ammon, High Priest of,
• Ammon, restoration of temple of,
• Ammon, temple of, , , ,
• Amon-mes, or Amomneses, pretender to crown,
• Animal worship,
• Animals, sacred,
• Antef I.,
• Antef II.'s dogs,
• Antiquities of Egypt,
• Apé, or Apiu, city of,
• Apepi and Joseph,
• Apepi, rule of,
• Apis, sacred bull,
• Apries offends Nebuchadnezzar,
• Architecture, , ,
• Art and literature, decline of, ,
• Art and literature, revival of,
• Asa, Judæa revolts under,
• Asa, victory of,
• Asia, invasion of, ,
• Asshur-bani-pal, accession of,
• Asshur-bani-pal, death of,
• Asshur-bani-pal, defeat of Tehrak by,
• Assyria,
• Assyrian gifts to Thothmes III.,
• Athor cow,
• Auaris, siege of,

B

• Babylon, revolt of,
• Bacis, sacred bull,
• Bahr Yousouf,
• Bastinado,
• Bek-en-ranf, burning of,
• Builders, the Pyramid,
• Buildings of Thothmes III., ,
• Bulls, sacred,

  C

• Cairo., Modern, ,
• Cambyses, indignities by,
• Campaigns of Thothmes III.,
• Chaldean Monarchy, end of,
• Character, Egyptian,
• Character, types of,
• Colossi of Amenhotep III.,
• Condition, social,
• Corrupting influences,
• Costume, early,
• Costume of Women,
• Crocodile, mode of hunting,
• Crœsus,
• Cushites, the,
• Cyprus,
• Cyrene, death of,
• Cyrus, death of,

  D

• Darius, death of,
• Darius, revolt against,
• David and Solomon, empire of,
• Decline, , ,
• Decline of art and literature, ,
• Decline of morals,
• Defeat, double, of invaders,
• Defeat of Neco by Nebuchadnezzar,
• Deities, Egyptian,
• Deities, evil, ,
• Delta, the, , ,
• Disaster of the Red Sea,
• Disintegration, ,
• Disk worship, , , ,
• Drollery, Egyptian,
• Dynasties, rival, established,

  E

• Egypt, monotony of,
• Egypt, seasons of,
• Egypt, shape of,
• Egypt, situation of,
• Egypt, size of,
• Egypt, soil of,
• Egyptian history, happiest age of,
• Egyptian independence re-established,
• Egyptian myths,
• Egyptian physique,
• Egyptians, nature of,
• Elephant hunting,
• El-Uksur, temple of,
• Empire of David and Solomon,
• Esarhaddon, accession of,
• Esarhaddon's defeat of Tehrak,
• Ethiopia and Syria, struggles between,
• Ethiopia, Egyptian influence in,
• Ethiopia, last efforts of,
• Ethiopian rule firmly established,
• Ethiopians, cruelty of,
• Evil deities, ,
• Expeditions into Asia, ,

  F

• Famines through deficient inundation,
• Fayoum, obelisk at,
• Fayoum, the, ,
• Fellahin, explanation of,
• First sea-fight,
• Fleet of Hatasu,
• Flora of Egypt,
• Foreigners, encouragement of,
• Forests, incense,
• Free Trade in Punt,

  G

• Geology of Egypt,
• Great Pyramid,
• Greece, trade with,
• Ghizeh, three Pyramids at,
• Ghizeh, tombs at, ,
• Gyges and Psamatik,

  H

• Hall at Karnak,
• Hall of Seti,
• Handicrafts, Egyptian,
• Hapi,
• Hapi, merchant fleet of,
• Hapi regarded as a male,
• Hapi regent for Thothmes II.,
• Hapi, Thothmes III.'s animosity against,
• Hatasu actual queen,
• Hatasu's fleet, return of
• Hebrew art, Egyptian influence in,
• Heliopolis, temple at,
• Her-hor, first high-priest king,
• Herodotus,
• Hittites, peace with,
• Hittites, treaty with,
• Hittites, war with,
• Hosea, Shabak's dealings with,
• Hostage, Thothmes III.'s system of,
• Hyksôs conquered,
• Hyksôs, religion of,
• Hyksôs rule,

  I

• Immigrants, Semitic, ,
• Immortality of the soul, belief in,
• Inarus, death of,
• Inarus, revolt of,
• Incense forests,
• Industries, revival of,
• Influences, corrupting,
• Inundation,
• Inundation, deficient, famines through,
• Invasion,
• Invasion by land and sea,
• Invasion, Libyan,
• Invasion, the great,
• Israel's oppressor,

  J

• Jeroboam at Shishak's court,
• Jerusalem, destruction of,
• Joseph and Apepi,
• Josiah, defeat of, by Nico,
• Judæa insecure,
• Judæa's conquest, record of,

  K

• Kadesh, battle of,
• Karnak, hall at,
• Karnak, temple at, , , , , ,
• Khabash, accession of,
• Khartoum,
• Khu-en-Aten,
• Khu-en-Aten, personal appearance of,
• Khufu, King, ,
• King, supposed first,
• Kings in awe of priests,

  L

• Labouring class, condition of,
• Labyrinth, Amenemhat's,
• Legend of Osiris,
• Libyan desert, battle in,
• Libyan invasion,
• Libyans, defeat of,
• Libyans, slaughter of,
• Literature and art, decline of,
• Lower Egypt,
• Lower orders, condition of,
• Luxor, temple of,

  M

• Medes, the,
• Medinet-Abou, temple at,
• Megiddo, capture of,
• Memphis,
• Memphis, blockade and fall of, ,
• Memphis taken by Esarhaddon,
• Menephthah I., accession of,
• Menes, King, ,
• Men-kau-ra, King, , ,
• Men-khepr-ra, King, accession, of,
• Mentu-hotep I.,
• Mertitefs, wife of Sneferu,
• Meydoum, pyramid of,
• Mi-Ammon-Nut, accession of,
• Mi-Ammon-Nut, death of,
• Mi-Ammon-Nut, Submission to,
• Mnevis, sacred bull,
• Mœris, lake,
• Monuments, objects on,
• Moral standard,
• Morality, Egyptian,
• Morals, decline of,
• Myth, chief Egyptian,
• Myths, Egyptian,

  N

• Naïri, war on the,
• Napatra, Necropolis at,
• Natural History of Egypt,
• Naval power of Thothmes,
• Navy of Nero,
• Nebuchadnezzar and Neco,
• Nebuchadnezzar overruns Egypt,
• Neco, accession of,
• Neco defeats Josiah,
• Neco, navy of,
• Neco, victories of,
• Nectanebo I., accession of,
• Nectanebo I., sarcophagus of,
• Nefer-mat, son of Sneferu,
• Nekht-nebf, accession of,
• Nile, navigation on,
• Nile, rising of the,
• Nile valley, , , ,
• Nineveh,

  O

• Obelisk of Usurtasen I.,
• Objects on monuments,
• Ochus, expedition of,
• Osiris, legend of,
• Osorkon I., accession of,

  P

• Pacis, sacred bull,
• Parihu, king of Punt,
• Payment of tribute,
• Pelusium, surrender of,
• Persia, third rebellion against,
• Persian conquest,
• Persian power, rise of,
• Persians, revolt against,
• Pharnabazus, attack by,
• Pharnabazus, repulse of,
• Phœnicia,
• Phthah, temple of, ,
• Piankhi, king of Napatra,
• Piankhi, rebellion against,
• Piankhi, submission of petty princes to,
• Pinetum I., accession of,
• Plagues of Egypt, the,
• Polytheism,
• Priest, High, of Ammon,
• Priest-kings, last of the,
• Priests, kings in awe of,
• Prosopis, battle of,
• Prosperity under Amasis,
• Psamatik I. and Gyges,
• Psamatik I., origin of,
• Psamatik I., sole king,
• Psamatik I., marriage of,
• Psamatik I., victory of,
• Psamatik II., architectural activity of,
• Psamatik III., accession of,
• Psamatik III., death of,
• Psamatik III., defeat of,
• Public schools,
• Punt, free trade in,
• Punt's, Queen of, visit to Hatasu,
• Pyramid builders, Egypt under the,
• Pyramid builders, the,
• Pyramid, great,
• Pyramid of Meydoum,
• Pyramid of Saccarah,
• Pyramids, Egyptian idea of,
• Pyramids, three, at Ghizeh,

  R

• Ra-Sekenen III., Apepi's jealousy of,
• Ra-Sekenen III., war forced upon,
• Ramesses I.,
• Ramesses II., Hittite war of,
• Ramesses II., Israel's oppressor,
• Ramesses III., accession of,
• Ramesses III., closing years of,
• Ramesses III., plot to kill,
• Ramesses III., temple of,
• Red Sea, disaster of,
• Rehoboam, submission of,
• Religion, -
• Reservoir, Amenemhat's,
• Revival of Arts and Industries,
• Revolt against Darius,
• Revolt against the Persians,
• Rival dynasties,
• Rut-Ammon, accession and death of,

  S

• Saccarah, Great Pyramid of,
• Sacred animals,
• Sacred bulls,
• St. John Lateran, monument of,
• Sankh-ka-ra, King,
• Saplal, Hittite king,
• Sargon, death of,
• Sargon, founder of last Assyrian dynasty,
• Schools, public,
• Sea-fight, first,
• Second cataract, ,
• Semetic immigrants,
• Sennacherib, accession of,
• Sennacherib, victories of,
• Sennacherib's army, destruction of, ,
• Set, Egyptian deity,
• Set the victorious,
• Seti the Great, victories of,
• Seti the Great, wars of,
• Seti the Great, long wall of,
• Seti the Great, Pillared Hall,
• Seti the Great, tomb of,
• Seti I., head of,
• Seti I., images of,
• Seti I., mummy of,
• Shabak bums Bek-en-ranf,
• Shabak, death of,
• Shabak's conquest of Lower Nile,
• Shabak's dealings with Hosea,
• Shabatok, accession of,
• Shafra, King, , ,
• Shasu, campaign against the,
• Shepherds, Egypt under,
• Sheshonk dynasty, defeat of,
• Shishak, accession of,
• Shishak, dominion of,
• Shishak, foreign origin of,
• Shishak invades Judæa,
• Shishak's reception of Jeroboam,
• Sidon, capture of,
• Siege of Memphis,
• Signs on tombs,
• Slave-hunting lucrative,
• Sneferu, first certain king,
• Social condition,
• Social ranks,
• Society, divisions of,
• Song of Egyptians,
• Song of victory,
• Soul, belief in immortality of,
• Sphinx, the,
• Standard, moral,
• Suez, Isthmus of,
• Syria and Ethiopia, struggle between,
• Syria evacuated by Neco,

  T

• Tachos, accession of,
• Taxation, heavy,
• Tehrak, death of,
• Tehrak defeated by Asshur-bani-pal,
• Tehrak defeated by Esarhaddon,
• Tel-el-Bahiri,
• Tel-Mouf,
• Temple of Ammon, , , ,
• Temple of Karnak, , , , ,
• Temple of Medinet-Abou,
• Temple of Phthah,
• Temple of Tel-el-Bahiri,
• Theban kings,
• Thothmes I., accession of,
• Thothmes I., greatness of,
• Thothmes I., victories of,
• Thothmes II., death of,
• Thothmes III., animosity against Hatasu,
• Thothmes III., buildings of, ,
• Thothmes III., campaigns of,
• Thothmes III., conquests of,
• Thothmes III., lost obelisks of,
• Thothmes III., naval power of,
• Thothmes III., personal appearance of,
• Thothmes III.'s system of tribute,
• Thothmes III., tributes of,
• Tinæus, King,
• Tombs at Ghizeh, ,
• Tombs, description of,
• Tombs, signs on,
• Trade with Greece,
• Trade with the Jews,
• Transport, difficulty of,
• Treaty with the Hittites,
• Tribute, payment of,

  U

• Usurtasen I., obelisk of,
• Usurtasen I., son of Amenemhat,
• Usurtasen I., statue of,
• Usurtasen II.,
• Usurtasen III., conquest of,

  V

• Victoria, lake,
• Victory, song of,
• Vocal Memnon, the,
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• W
• Wady Haifa,
• Wady Magharah, ,
• Water, modes of storing,
• Western Asia, history of,
• Western Asia, topography of,
• "Wilderness of the Wanderings,"
• Women, costume of,
• Women held in high estimation,
• Worship, animal,

  Z

• Zabara, Mount,
• Zerah, defeat of,